| Main Entry: | timidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitation |
Synonyms: |
averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresoluteness, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering |
| Main Entry: | timidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, retiringness, sheepishness, timidity, 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: | meekness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | submission |
Synonyms: |
docility, humility, mildness, modesty, timidity, timidness |
| 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: | timidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, quiet, reserve, timidness |
| Notes: | temerity is daring or recklessness; timidity is fearfulness or hesitancy |
| Main Entry: | backwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, hesitancy, reluctance, reticence, timidness |
| Main Entry: | indecisiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitation |
Synonyms: |
averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indisposition, irresoluteness, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering |
| Main Entry: | irresoluteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitation |
Synonyms: |
averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering |
| Main Entry: | irresolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitation |
Synonyms: |
averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresoluteness, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering |