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  • 61to-and-fro — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly shally, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, vacillation. See DECIDE …

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  • 62timid — (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. timide easily frightened, shy, from L. timidus fearful, from timere to fear. Related: Timidly; timidness …

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  • 63faintness — faint·ness || feɪntnɪs n. weakness, feebleness; dimness; timidness; feeling of being ready to faint or pass out …

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  • 64mousiness — maÊŠsɪnɪs n. state of resembling a mouse; timidness; drabness; mice infestation …

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  • 65timorousness — n. cowardliness, timidness …

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  • 66timid — adjective (timider, timidest) lacking in courage or confidence. Derivatives timidity noun timidly adverb timidness noun Origin C16: from L. timidus, from timere to fear …

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  • 67timidity — n. 1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage, timidness. 2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness …

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  • 68shyness — 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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  • 69docility — n 1. manageability, manageableness, tractability, tractableness, malleability, malleableness, ductility, ductileness, pliability, pliableness; passiveness, timidity, timidness, meekness, gentleness, mildness; acquiescence, compliance,… …

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  • 70modesty — n 1. self effacement, humbleness, humility, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness, unostenta tiousness, unassumingness, unboastfulness, unambi tiousness; reticence, reticency, constraint, subduedness; reserve, retirement, retiring disposition,… …

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