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Noun

shyness

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timidity \Ti*mid"i*ty\, n. [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidit['e].]
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet timidity
n 1: fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions
[syn: timidness, timorousness]
2: fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or
activities [syn: timorousness] [ant: boldness]

Moby Dictionary
afraidness , bashfulness , chicken-liveredness , chickenheartedness ,
confusion , cowardice , cowardliness , coyness , demureness , demurity ,
diffidence , embarrassment , faintheart , faintheartedness , fear ,
fearfulness , henheartedness , jumpiness , lily-liveredness ,
milksopism , milksoppiness , milksoppishness , mousiness ,
pigeonheartedness , self-consciousness , shamefacedness ,
shamefastness , shrinkingness , shyness , skittishness , softness ,
stage fright , stagefright , stammering , startlishness , timidness ,
timorousness , unmanfulness , unmanliness , weakheartedness , weakness ,
yellowness