shyness [shahy]
Main Entry:
shyness [shahy]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bashfulness
Synonyms: apprehension, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness
Main Entry: embarrassment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: humiliation, shame
Synonyms: awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort, confidence
Main Entry: humility
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: humbleness, modesty
Synonyms: abasement, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, docility, fawning, inferiority complex, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, mortification, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, shyness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness
Antonyms: arrogance, assertiveness, egoism, pretentiousness, pride, self-importance
Main Entry: inhibition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restriction, hindrance
Synonyms: bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression
Antonyms: aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation
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: bashfulness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: modesty
Synonyms: abashment, humility, reservation, reserve, sheepishness, shyness, timidity
Antonyms: boldness, confidence, pride
Main Entry: reticence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: silence
Synonyms: closeness, hesitation, reserve, restraint, shyness
Main Entry: demureness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: modesty
Synonyms: coyness, humbleness, humility, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, shyness
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
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