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n. shyness

n. The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

n. The character of being timid, or easily frightened or daunted; cowardice; fearfulness; timorousness; shyness.

n. Synonyms See bashfulness.

n. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

n. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

"BLITZER: In an interview with "Politico. com", this new website, you told Roger Simon that you were upset about what you called the timidity of several of your fellow Democrats who refused to join you in using the constitutional power of the purse to stop the war."

assurance    boldness   

bashfulness   

timorousness    timidness    fearfulness    meticulousness    shyness    cowardice    cowardliness    diffidence    faint-heartedness   

acidity    fluidity    humidity    liquidity    morbidity    rapidity    rigidity    solidity    superfluidity    turbidity   

shyness    cowardice    reluctance    indolence    modesty    reticence    embarrassment    self-consciousness    indecision    awkwardness