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A tendency to hesitate or hold back because of fear or lack of confidence.
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inhibited participation; hesitant social contactPortray a cautious temperament without calling it a moral failure.
Words that belong together
- natural timidity
- overcome timidity
- timidity in public
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His timidity vanished when he began talking about birds.
The teacher mistook her timidity for lack of preparation.
Despite his timidity, he asked the question nobody else would voice.
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Primary category: fear. Usually a disposition, not a single alarm response; less morally condemning than cowardice. Usually uncountable in this sense. Derived family (not additional inflections or records): timid.
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