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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timidity |
| Synonyms: | cold feet, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, funk, gutlessness, mousiness, pusillanimity, wimpiness |
| Concept: | [Excess of fear.] Cowardice. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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-nouns
cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness; timidity, effeminacy., poltroonery, baseness; dastardness, dastardy; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear; white feather, faint heart; cold feet [U.S.], yellow streak., coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; shy cock, dunghill cock; coistril, milksop, white liver, lilly liver, nidget, one that cannot say "boo" to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak., alarmist, terrorist, pessimist; runagate (fugitive).
-verbs
quail (fear); be cowardly, be a coward; funk; cower, skulk, sneak; flinch, shy, fight shy, slink, turn tail; run away (avoid); show, the white feather.
-adjectives
coward, cowardly; fearful, shy; timid, timorous; skittish; poor-spirited, spiritless, soft, effeminate., weak-minded; infirm of purpose; weakhearted, fainthearted, chickenhearted, henhearted, lilyhearted, pigeon-hearted; white-livered, lily-livered, milk-livered; milksop, smock-faced; unable to say " boo" to a goose., dastard, dastardly; base, craven, sneaking, dunghill, recreant; unwarlike, unsoldier-like., "in face a lion but in heart a deer.", unmanned; frightened.
-phrases
ante tubam trepidat, one's courage oozing out; degeneres animos timor arguit [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | courage |
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| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, chickenheartedness, cold feet, cold sweat, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, faintheartedness, foreboding, fright, funk, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, recreancy, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, trembling, tremor, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, fearlessness, heroism, unconcern |
| Main Entry: | timidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | cowardice, cowardliness, faintheartedness, fearfulness, timorousness |
| Notes: | temerity is daring or recklessness; timidity is fearfulness or hesitancy |
| Antonyms: | audacity, boldness, guts, nerve, stoutheartedness |
| Main Entry: | timidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2 |
Related
Adjectives: |
afraid, afraid of one's own shadow, aghast, alarming, apprehensive, argh, awe-inspiring, awestricken, awestruck, awful, bashful, blushing, breathless, constrained, coy, daphnean, demure, diffident, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, faint-hearted, fearful, fearing, fearsome, fell, fidgety, formidable, frightened, frightened to death, ghastly, haunted with the fear of, horrible, horrid, horrific, horror-stricken, horror-struck, humble, in a fright, in fear, in hysterics, inspiring fear, mim, modest, more frightened than hurt, nervous, out of contenance, overmodest, pale as a ghost, pale as ashes, pale as death, panic-stricken, panic-struck, pavid, perilous, poor in spirit, portentous, pudibund, pusillanimous, redoubtable, reserved, restless, reticent, revolting, shaky, shamefaced, sheepish, shocking, shy, skittish, terrible, terrific, terror-stricken, terror-struck, timid, timorous, tremendous, tremulous, trepid, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious, verecund, white as a sheet
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| Concept: | Fear. |
| Category: | 3. Prospective Affections |
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-nouns
fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; mistrust (doubt); suspicion, qualm; hesitation (irresoluion)., nervousness, restlessness; inquietude, disquietude; batophobia; heartquake; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear (cowardice); mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency; despair., fright; affright, affrightment; boof [U.S.] alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede [of horses]., intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror., [Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin (demon); nightmare, Gorgon, mormo, ogre, Hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire, enfant terrible., alarmist (coward).
-verbs
fear, stand in awe of; be affraid; have qualms; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust (disbelieve)., hesitate (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly (avoid)., tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail., grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own., inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony., make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble, haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind., put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten.
-adjectives
fearing; frightened; in fear, in a fright; haunted with the fear of; afeard., afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt., aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-strruck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics., inspiring fear; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous (danger); portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting (painful); Gorgonian.
-adverbs
in terrorem.
-phrases
ante tubam trepidat; horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox.faucibus haesit [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | courage |
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