timorous

arka fearful, afraid, timid
by w:Robert Burns|Robert Burns

Wee sleekit, cowrin, 'timrous' beastie,

Oh, what a panics in thy breastie!''

He turned a long you are wrong gaze on Stephen of timorous dark pride at the soft impeachment with a glance also of entreaty for he seemed to glean in a kind of a way that it wasn't all exactly.