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Timidity

The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

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Diffidence 76% connected

The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.

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Faintness 76% connected

The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

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Self-distrust 76% connected

Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

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Shyness 76% connected

The quality or state of being shy.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Fearfulness 76% connected

The state of being fearful.

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Fright 76% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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Timid 74% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Timid 74% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Timid 66% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Timid 66% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Boldness 94% connected

The state or quality of being bold.

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Boldness 94% connected

The state or quality of being bold.

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Abandon noun · 77% connection

a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"

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Abashment noun · 77% connection

feeling embarrassed due to modesty

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Abhorrence noun · 77% connection

hate coupled with disgust

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Affect noun · 77% connection

the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

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ambivalence noun · 77% connection

mixed feelings or emotions

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Anger noun · 77% connection

a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

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Attachment noun · 77% connection

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

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Complex noun · 77% connection

(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

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Dread noun · 77% connection

fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

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Electra complex noun · 77% connection

a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father

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Electricity noun · 77% connection

keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

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Cautious noun · 78% connection

people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

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Chicken-hearted adjective · 78% connection

Timid; fearful; cowardly.

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Constitutionally adverb · 78% connection

In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.

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Coward adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

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Cowardly adjective · 78% connection

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

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Dastardly adjective · 78% connection

Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.

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Diffident adjective · 78% connection

Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest r…

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Doughface noun · 78% connection

A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: timid, timorousness, timidness.
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Fearful adjective · 78% connection

inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.

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Fearsome adjective · 78% connection

Easily frightened; timid; timorous.

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Fee-faw-fum noun · 78% connection

A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.

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Feminine adjective · 78% connection

Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confi…

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Hare noun · 78% connection

A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leap…

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Hare-hearted adjective · 78% connection

Timorous; timid; easily frightened.

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Hen-hearted adjective · 78% connection

Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.

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Intimidate verb · 78% connection

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

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Intimidation noun · 78% connection

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls…

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Kleeneboc noun · 78% connection

(Zool.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmaeus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It i…

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