Timidity

  • 61audacity — [n1] recklessness, daring adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, rashness, valor, venturesomeness; concept 633 Ant. care, carefulness, caution, reserve,… …

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  • 62cold feet — noun timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action I was going to tell him but I got cold feet • Hypernyms: ↑timidity, ↑timidness, ↑timorousness * * * loss of nerve or confidence some investors got cold feet and backed out * * *… …

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  • 63fearfulness — noun 1. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) • Syn: ↑fear, ↑fright • Ant: ↑fearlessness (for: ↑fear) • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 64timidness — noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions • Syn: ↑timidity, ↑timorousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑timid (for: ↑timorousness), ↑timid, ↑timid ( …

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  • 65Arraign — Ar*raign , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause,… …

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  • 66Arraigned — Arraign Ar*raign , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL.… …

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  • 67Arraigning — Arraign Ar*raign , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL.… …

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  • 68chickenshit — n. a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear. [slang] [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 69Complexional — Com*plex ion*al ( al), a. Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. [1913 Webster] A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 70Coward — Cow ard (kou ?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + ard; orig., short tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf.… …

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