Close and Timid

Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

Timid and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Timid" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Timid

Timid adjective - Easily frightened.

Close and timid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Timid".

Nearby Words: timidity, timorous, timidly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / 101 Dalmatians Only Glenn Close and Tim McInnerny reprised their roles as Cruella and her timid butler Alonzo from the original film.
  • The fact that, according to Word of God, the villagers were deliberately designed to be prey species in order to seem more helpless and timid before Tai Lung's ravages, on the other hand, treads very close to crossing the cannibalism line of this trope — and purposefully so.
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