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The state of being diffident, timid or shy
A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm
The quality or state of being hesitant
A feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something
The fact or condition of being submissive
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Noun
▲
The state of being diffident, timid or shy
shyness
reserve
modesty
timidity
reticence
bashfulness
inhibition
restraint
meekness
humility
constraint
timorousness
timidness
reluctance
quietness
nervousness
humbleness
embarrassment
hesitancy
sheepishness
unassertiveness
apprehension
insecurity
introversion
backwardness
uneasiness
mousiness
hesitation
unease
uncertainty
modestness
fear
self-effacement
self-consciousness
self-doubt
lack of self-confidence
coyness
demureness
reservation
repression
distance
unpretentiousness
formality
lack of confidence
suppression
aloofness
coldness
secretiveness
discretion
unresponsiveness
self-restraint
taciturnity
self-control
silence
caution
uncommunicativeness
lowliness
detachment
down-to-earthness
lack of pretension
coolness
continence
discipline
refrainment
unobtrusiveness
retiringness
fearfulness
reservedness
discreetness
unostentatiousness
self-command
inhibitedness
decency
wariness
hesitance
submissiveness
guardedness
remoteness
hang-up
stand-offishness
awkwardness
lack of vanity
anxiety
insecureness
unapproachability
calmness
control
frigidity
delicacy
froideur
faintheartedness
chariness
suspicion
apprehensiveness
cowardice
edginess
tension
stiltedness
woodenness
unnaturalness
forcedness
overcontrol
self-containment
faint-heartedness
quiet
lack of warmth
undemonstrativeness
secrecy
unforthcomingness
caginess
indifference
unwillingness to open up
frostiness
kittenishness
discomfort
nerves
coquettishness
flirtatiousness
disinterestedness
coquetry
flirtation
incuriosity
psychological block
mental block
mental blockage
egolessness
humilitude
unconcern
self-abasement
lack of pride
skittishness
self-abnegation
inferiority complex
archness
prudishness
simpering
prudery
primness
evasiveness
prissiness
affectation
standoffishness
unfriendliness
stiffness
withdrawnness
unsociability
inhospitality
willpower
will
self-possession
snootiness
iciness
frigidness
dispassionateness
cold-heartedness
self-discipline
self-mastery
self-government
stuffiness
smothering
haughtiness
hauteur
emotionlessness
stifling
forbearance
cool
hostility
moderation
dispassion
apathy
temperateness
blushing
chilliness
unfeelingness
impersonality
keeping back
holding back
keeping under control
chill
composure
sobriety
judiciousness
aplomb
pomposity
prudence
poise
grip
lack of emotion
dignity
restraining
staidness
stoicism
frustration
lack of sympathy
lack of understanding
stopping
check
austerity
impassivity
inflexibility
unconcernedness
lukewarmness
seriousness
impersonalness
biting back
wintriness
stoniness
uninvolvement
hardheartedness
distantness
holding in
keeping in check
bottling up
antisocial nature
lack of response
touch-me-not attitude
abstemiousness
temperance
concealment
checking
insouciance
disregard
blocking
curbing
containing
bridling
deadening
muffling
abstention
nonchalance
containment
disinterest
patience
countenance
torpor
incuriousness
casualness
complacence
choking back
passivity
uninterestedness
equanimity
strength of will
non-indulgence
will power
lack of interest
lack of concern
lack of involvement
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“Other children sometimes mis-interpret your little Virgo's shyness as
diffidence
or stand-offishness.”
Noun
▲
A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm
unwillingness
hesitancy
reluctance
hesitation
disinclination
wavering
vacillation
indisposition
demurral
hesitance
dislike
timidity
averseness
resistance
disrelish
aversion
reticence
objection
distaste
qualms
misgivings
opposition
repugnance
scruples
doubts
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
slowness
timorousness
trepidation
demur
loathness
backwardness
disliking
nolition
sweerness
antipathy
refusal
alienation
displeasure
dissatisfaction
hatred
coyness
indisposedness
nolence
second thoughts
foot-dragging
aversion to
dislike for
distaste for
lack of enthusiasm
objection to
opposition to
resistance to
backwardness in coming forward
pangs of conscience
lack of desire
loathing
recalcitrance
qualm
doubt
questioning
hostility
antagonism
disapproval
down
mislike
allergy
disgust
animosity
detestation
disapprobation
disesteem
animus
enmity
revulsion
abhorrence
hate
discountenance
dissent
disdain
defiance
contention
contempt
hostility to
reluctance to accept
disinclination to accept
unwillingness to accept
refusal to accept
lack of enthusiasm for
unpreparedness
odium
prejudice
hate for
dislike of
nervousness
discomfort
deprecation
abomination
repellency
repellence
offense
US
offence
UK
resentment
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Noun
▲
The quality or state of being hesitant
hesitancy
hesitation
indecision
uncertainty
wavering
doubt
vacillation
irresolution
faltering
dubiety
equivocation
indecisiveness
pause
hesitance
irresoluteness
skepticism
US
tentativeness
unsureness
incertitude
doubtfulness
delay
scepticism
UK
wabbling
wobbling
dithering
timidity
stalling
dubiousness
temporization
havering
swithering
nervousness
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
waiting
cunctation
pausing
shilly-shallying
shilly-shally
humming and hawing
fence-sitting
dilly-dallying
second thoughts
blowing hot and cold
hanging back
qualm
mistrust
misgiving
fluctuation
scruple
reservation
apprehension
oscillation
suspicion
reluctance
distrust
unease
mistrustfulness
demurral
dubitation
hemming and hawing
dawdling
distrustfulness
uneasiness
unwillingness
stumbling
fumbling
delaying
procrastination
indisposition
stuttering
stammering
lack of confidence
averseness
timidness
query
misdoubt
to-and-fro
reservations
unbelief
ambivalence
wariness
misgivings
insecurity
fear
chariness
qualms
anxiety
questioning
disbelief
worry
cynicism
incredulity
confusion
lack of conviction
lack of faith
misbelief
trepidation
disquietude
demur
disquiet
inconclusiveness
teetering
reserve
compunction
perplexity
ambiguity
quandary
difficulty
reconsideration
leeriness
suspicions
umbrage
lack of certainty
lack of trust
weakness
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
vagueness
changeability
shillyshallying
unclearness
question
questionableness
bewilderment
inhibition
questionability
lack of resolution
queries
questions
niggle
sitting on the fence
faithlessness
question mark
second thought
half-heartedness
trust issues
doubts
inconstancy
swither
condition
woolliness
disinclination
apprehensiveness
resistance
objection
silence
feeble-mindedness
demurrer
lack of enthusiasm
presentiment
awkward moment
caution
squeamishness
reluctancy
censor
conscience
twinge of doubt
twinge of conscience
pang of conscience
contradiction
conflict
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
confusion dilemma
dubiosity
wonder
incredulousness
indeterminateness
equivocality
equivocalness
tergiversation
pessimism
nonbelief
conjecture
lack of credence
lack of belief
limbo
scruples
defeatism
discredit
repudiation
unbelievingness
spurning
rejection
unfaith
amazement
scepsis
untrust
astonishment
Pyrrhonism
caginess
circumspection
puzzle
disbelief in
doubt about
lack of faith in
lack of confidence in
disillusion
disenchantment
sardonicism
scoffing
negativity
misanthropy
sarcasm
bitterness
scorn
misandry
acrimony
contempt
disparagement
world-weariness
negative thinking
jaundiced eye
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Noun
▲
A feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something
misgiving
doubt
uncertainty
mistrust
suspicion
distrust
dubiety
reservation
skepticism
US
scepticism
UK
incertitude
query
misdoubt
mistrustfulness
apprehension
hesitation
qualm
dubitation
distrustfulness
unease
anxiety
worry
hesitancy
unbelief
uneasiness
disquiet
scruple
fear
compunction
disquietude
trepidation
niggle
hesitance
presentiment
lack of confidence
lack of faith
second thoughts
indecision
irresolution
reservations
vacillation
unsureness
wariness
wavering
doubtfulness
insecurity
chariness
lack of conviction
misgivings
qualms
questioning
disbelief
confusion
cynicism
incredulity
misbelief
perplexity
demurral
difficulty
inhibition
bewilderment
dubiousness
tentativeness
questions
ambiguity
leeriness
quandary
queries
suspicions
faithlessness
faltering
umbrage
question mark
irresoluteness
lack of certainty
indecisiveness
lack of trust
nervousness
reserve
equivocation
timidity
reconsideration
trust issues
doubts
question
concern
reluctance
objection
dubiosity
demur
unwillingness
disinclination
ambivalence
wonder
caution
problem
remonstrance
demurrer
second thought
scruples
agnosticism
agitation
nonbelief
dilemma
trouble
perturbation
indisposition
demand
caginess
bad vibes
incredulousness
averseness
circumspection
discredit
disbelief in
doubt about
untrust
lack of faith in
lack of confidence in
foreboding
forebodingness
squeamishness
reluctancy
censor
conscience
pause
twinge of doubt
twinge of conscience
pang of conscience
debate
controversy
challenge
protest
argument
complaint
exception
contention
expostulation
fuss
dispute
stink
remonstration
bone of contention
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Noun
▲
The fact or condition of being submissive
meekness
submission
compliance
docility
acquiescence
deference
submissiveness
demureness
obedience
forbearance
patience
resignation
lack of resistance
long-suffering
tameness
subservience
tractability
servility
dutifulness
manageability
compliancy
conformity
duteousness
tractableness
reverence
biddability
amenability
passivity
duty
yielding
respect
malleability
agreement
willingness
amenableness
accordance
observance
conformability
obsequiousness
biddableness
acceptance
assent
subordination
humility
orderliness
quietness
passiveness
pliability
surrender
gentleness
complaisance
bootlicking
self-abasement
consent
pliancy
nonresistance
peacefulness
humbleness
non-resistance
giving in
manipulability
controllability
respectfulness
discipline
conformance
concession
abidance
concurrence
adherence
docileness
reluctant agreement
abjection
subjection
bowing
unassertiveness
capitulation
obeisance
passivism
recreancy
submitting
defeatism
appeasement
pliabilty
capitulating
cringing
prostration
self-effacement
acceptance of one's fate
backing down
sufferance
tolerance
longanimity
phlegm
fatalism
patientness
forbearing
resignedness
acknowledgment
US
giving up
relinquishment
acceptance of the inevitable
lack of protest
abandonment
acknowledgement
UK
lack of complaint
endurance
sycophancy
impressionability
receptiveness
susceptibility
openness
suggestibility
vulnerability
agreeableness
accommodativeness
receptivity
responsiveness
cooperation
amiability
ingenuousness
obligingness
impressionableness
disposition
inclination
cooperativeness
sensitivity
volition
good-naturedness
susceptibleness
enthusiasm
desire
will
keeping
eagerness
gameness
preparedness
persuadability
conforming
piety
motivation
keenness
observation
zeal
vulnerableness
accession
servitude
credulousness
credulity
conceding
loyalty
faithfulness
concord
relenting
consensualness
politeness
devotion
courtesy
flattery
allegiance
gullibility
unctuousness
reactivity
reactiveness
veneration
devoutness
mindfulness
fealty
observance of the rules
observance of the law
cave in
caving in
kindness
fear
smarminess
readiness
perceptivity
perceptiveness
open-mindedness
friendliness
alacrity
goodwill
wish
obediency
obedientness
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