timidity
the state or quality of lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery:The stakes are too high for the officials charged with making decisions to succumb to timidity and refuse to act.
Origin of timidity
1- Sometimes tim·id·ness [tim-id-nis] /ˈtɪm ɪd nɪs/ .
Other words from timidity
- o·ver·tim·id·ness, noun
- o·ver·ti·mid·i·ty, noun
- un·tim·id·ness, noun
Words Nearby timidity
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How to use timidity in a sentence
Though their approach was conservative, it shouldn’t be seen as timid.
How Far Can Ja Morant Take The Resurgent Memphis Grizzlies? | James L. Jackson | December 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAnother memorable moment is when a decision to punt by the warden’s team is described by announcers as “kind of a timid or a chicken kind of football.”
For the first time at any presidential or vice-presidential debate, a nominee said that their administration would “decriminalize marijuana” — a winner in polls that other Democrats have been timid about discussing.
The Trailer: What went unsaid in Wednesday's vice-presidential debate | David Weigel | October 8, 2020 | Washington PostDavis played a timid housewife who goes road-tripping with her not-at-all timid friend, played by Susan Sarandon.
Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (Ep. 394) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 24, 2019 | FreakonomicsMailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness | Ronald K. Fried | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Winograd and Hais see millennial timidity as a mostly temporary phenomena.
Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on the American Dream? | Joel Kotkin | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerican timidity towards Israel has certainly earned his criticism.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process | Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt.
There were those who lagged behind out of incomprehension, political calculation, or timidity.
Setting aside timidity, we find that well-informed persons are sometimes good listeners, but no talkers.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Entrusted with sixty thousand men with orders to make a vast turning movement, his timidity spoiled the Emperor's careful plans.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonAge asks with timidity to be spared intolerable pain; youth, taking fortune by the beard, demands joy like a right.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonAs her children had to be defended, all her feminine timidity had disappeared and made way for a cold and energetic resolution.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardWas it timidity, pride, or prudence which restrained me from all communication with the unfortunate and degraded of their sex?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
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