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  • 41humility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of pride Nouns 1. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowliness, lowness; [self ] abasement; submission, resignation; modesty, blush, suffusion, confusion. 2. humiliation, degradation, mortification;… …

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  • 42shyness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bashfulness, reserve, timidity, modesty, timorousness, timidness, coyness, demureness, sheepishness, diffidence, apprehension, backwardness, nervousness, insecurity, reticence, stage fright, mike fright*; see also restraint …

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  • 43timorous — tim|o|rous [ˈtımərəs] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: timoureux, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear , from timere to be afraid ] lacking confidence and easily frightened = ↑fearful ▪ She was no helpless,… …

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  • 44timorous — adjective lacking in courage or confidence; nervous. Derivatives timorously adverb timorousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. temoreus, from med. L. timorosus, from L. timor fear , from timere to fear …

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  • 45nervousness — n. 1. Strength, force, power, vigor, forcibleness. 2. Timidity, timorousness, trepidation, tremor, flutter, nervous agitation, weakness …

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  • 46timidity — n. 1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage, timidness. 2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness …

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  • 47timorous — adjective formal lacking confidence and easily frightened: She was no helpless, timorous female. timorously adverb timorousness noun (U) …

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  • 48shyness — noun Gerald s shyness was often mistaken for disinterest Syn: bashfulness, diffidence, sheepishness, reserve, reservedness, introversion, reticence, timidity, timidness, timorousness, mousiness, lack of confidence, self consciousness,… …

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  • 49assurance — 1 certitude, *certainty, conviction Analogous words: *belief, faith, credence, credit: *trust, confidence, reliance, dependence: positiveness, sureness, cocksureness (see corresponding adjectives at SURE) Antonyms: mistrust: dubiousness… …

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  • 50audacity — *temerity, hardihood, effrontery, nerve, cheek, gall Analogous words: intrepidity, boldness, courageousness (see corresponding adjectives at BRAVE): daring, daredeviltry, recklessness, rashness, foolhardiness (see corresponding adjectives at… …

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