Stout and Timorous

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Stout adjective - Feeling or displaying no fear by temperament.

Usage example: stout souls who boldly ventured forward, not knowing what kinds of danger they faced

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Timorous is an antonym for stout.

Nearby Words: stoutness, stoutly

Timorous adjective - Easily frightened.

Usage example: sensational news stories that seem designed to needlessly alarm an already timorous public

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Stout is an antonym for timorous.

Nearby Words: timid, timidly, timorously

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Timorous and Stout. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stout/timorous

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