Words and phrases that have a meaning related to timidity: (136 results)
Often used in the same context:
pusillanimity, spinelessness, ineffectuality, arrogance, diffidence, reticence, hubris, vacillation, fecklessness, obtuseness, cravenness, cowardice, stubbornness, naivety, cynicism, naivete, indifference, irresolution, obstinacy, duplicity, haughtiness, defensiveness, sheepishness, indecisiveness, bashfulness, contrariness, incoherence, nonchalance, zealotry, bullheadedness, complacence, obsequiousness, immoderation, boldness, meekness, impatience, heedlessness, submissiveness, obduracy, smugness, candor, cautiousness, inconstancy, servility, shortsightedness, insouciance, incuriosity, peevishness, imperiousness, insincerity, gutlessness, priggishness, ignorance, disingenuousness, ambivalence, inarticulateness, boastfulness, hesitancy, disinterest, superciliousness, prickliness, disinclination, pompousness, squeamishness, churlishness, untrustworthiness, passivity, subservience, irascibility, tentativeness, recalcitrance, ineptitude, inertia, prevarication, careerism, hesitance, shrillness, perversity, callousness, aloofness, apathy, ingratitude, resoluteness, mendacity, meanness, complaisance, prudery, opportunism, feebleness, condescension, inscrutability, docility, complacency, recklessness, indecision, lassitude, philistinism, acquiescence, forthrightness, blitheness, pushiness, taciturnity, shyness, awkwardness, fastidiousness, clumsiness, hesitation, nervousness, restlessness, modesty, repugnance, sluggishness, coldness, fondness, liveliness
More specific:
faintheartedness, self-distrust, self-doubt
Appears in the definition of:
cold feet, coward, fearful, mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed, sheepish, sheeplike, timorous, trepid, unassertive
More general:
fear, fearfulness, fright
Synonyms:
Also try:timidness, timorousness
— Adjectives for timidity: natural, certain, own, excessive, extreme, great, constitutional, much, political, personal, nervous, more...
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