| Main Entry: | shyness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bashfulness |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | diffidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitancy; lack of confidence |
Synonyms: |
backwardness, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, mousiness, reluctance, reserve, self-consciousness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness |
Antonyms: |
boldness, confidence |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
Synonyms: |
awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | humility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humbleness, modesty |
Synonyms: |
abasement, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, docility, fawning, inferiority complex, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, mortification, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, shyness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness |
Antonyms: |
arrogance, assertiveness, egoism, pretentiousness, pride, self-importance |
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
Synonyms: |
bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression |
Antonyms: |
aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
Antonyms: |
friendliness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | bashfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
Synonyms: |
abashment, humility, reservation, reserve, sheepishness, shyness, timidity |
Antonyms: |
boldness, confidence, pride |
| Main Entry: | reticence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
closeness, hesitation, reserve, restraint, shyness |
| Main Entry: | demureness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
Synonyms: |
coyness, humbleness, humility, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, shyness |
| Main Entry: | taciturnity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reserve |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, control, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-control, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |