furchtsam
Meaning
- (formal, literary) fearful; timid; frightened
- (obsolete) fearsome; frightening
Concepts
trembling with fear
with nervous diffidence
faint heart
Opposite of
furchtlos, mutig
Synonyms
mit flatterndem Herzen
angstbesetzt
angsterfüllt
mit Zittern und Zagen
in tausend Ängsten
memmenhaft
hasenherzig
ehrfurchtsvoll
Translations
tímido
timido
craintif
timidus
tímido
bangPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfʊrçtza(ː)m/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German vorhtesam (“fearful; fearsome”). Equivalent to Furcht (“fear”) + -sam (“-some”).
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