Timidity
noun
A feeling of fear or nervousness that makes a person hesitant to do things.
His timidity made him avoid crowds and prefer staying alone at home.
Often appears as...
- show timidity
- overcome timidity
noun
A feeling of fear or nervousness that makes a person hesitant to do things.
His timidity made him avoid crowds and prefer staying alone at home.
Often appears as...
- show timidity
- overcome timidity
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Timidity often implies a lack of courage or confidence in social contexts.
Despite his expertise, his timidity during presentations hindered his career.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Behavior
Use 'timidity' when describing behavior that someone might try to change or improve.
She attended public speaking classes to shed her timidity.
Pro Tip 3/3Perceived Weakness
In some cultures, timidity can be viewed as a weakness or a character flaw.
His timidity was mistaken for incompetence by his peers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Timidity often implies a lack of courage or confidence in social contexts.
Despite his expertise, his timidity during presentations hindered his career.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Behavior
Use 'timidity' when describing behavior that someone might try to change or improve.
She attended public speaking classes to shed her timidity.
Pro Tip 3/3Perceived Weakness
In some cultures, timidity can be viewed as a weakness or a character flaw.
His timidity was mistaken for incompetence by his peers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Timidity often implies a lack of courage or confidence in social contexts.
Despite his expertise, his timidity during presentations hindered his career.
Pro Tip 2/3Overcoming Behavior
Use 'timidity' when describing behavior that someone might try to change or improve.
She attended public speaking classes to shed her timidity.
Pro Tip 3/3Perceived Weakness
In some cultures, timidity can be viewed as a weakness or a character flaw.
His timidity was mistaken for incompetence by his peers.
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Simon Sinek: How to...
What do you think the unexpected psychological carryovers might be? I mean, do you think we've kind of -- Part of me thinks that people have got more fragile, that it's almost like there's a sort of learned timidity. Have you seen any evidence of that or how would you characterize it?
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Diversifying the voices...
civilization is always built on excess and if the excess of imagination not timidity that builds civilization this is why I'm a publisher thank you
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Simon Sinek: How to...
What do you think the unexpected psychological carryovers might be? I mean, do you think we've kind of -- Part of me thinks that people have got more fragile, that it's almost like there's a sort of learned timidity. Have you seen any evidence of that or how would you characterize it?
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Diversifying the voices...
civilization is always built on excess and if the excess of imagination not timidity that builds civilization this is why I'm a publisher thank you
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Scott Anderson
American Journalist
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient, but it had also bred a certain detachment, a sense that the world was a place to explore rather than truly inhabit. This manifested as a kind of shyness, even timidity.
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Sam Shepard
American Playwright
It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.
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Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work.
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Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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Thomas Hardy
English Novelist
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
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Jack Kemp
American Politician
Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.
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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
Quote examples
Scott Anderson
American Journalist
The peculiarities of my childhood, of constantly moving through so many different cultures, of always being the outsider, may have made me extraordinarily self-sufficient, but it had also bred a certain detachment, a sense that the world was a place to explore rather than truly inhabit. This manifested as a kind of shyness, even timidity.
Quote examples
Sam Shepard
American Playwright
It's very difficult to escape your background. You know, I don't think it's necessary to even try to escape it. More and more, I start to think that it's necessary to see exactly what it is that you inherited on both ends of the stick: your timidity, your courage, your self-deceit, and your honesty - and all the rest of it.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.
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Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work.
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Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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Thomas Hardy
English Novelist
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
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Jack Kemp
American Politician
Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.
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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
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