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backwardness
| Main Entry: |
backwardness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underdevelopment |
| Synonyms: | abnormality, idiocy, mental deficiency, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
| Main Entry: | diffidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitancy; lack of confidence |
| Synonyms: | backwardness, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, mousiness, reluctance, reserve, self-consciousness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness |
| Antonyms: | boldness, confidence |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belatedness |
| Synonyms: | backwardness, delay, prolongation, protraction, retardation, slowness, tardiness |
| Antonyms: | anticipation, earliness, promptness |
| Main Entry: | benightedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ignorance |
| Synonyms: | backwardness, illiteracy, illiterateness, lack of education, lack of knowledge, nescience, unenlightenment, unknowing |
| Main Entry: | retiringness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | taciturnity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reserve |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, control, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-control, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
| Main Entry: | timidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, retiringness, sheepishness, timidity, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | uncommunicativeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reserve |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, control, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-control, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, unresponsiveness |
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