Antonyms for timorousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tim-er-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪm ər əs

Definition of timorousness

Origin : mid-15c., from Old French temeros (14c.), from Medieval Latin timorosus "fearful," from Latin timor "fear," from timere "to fear." Some early sense confused by mistaken identification with Middle English temerous "rash" (see temerity). Related: Timorously; timorousness.

As in shyness : noun bashfulness
As in timidity : noun fear
As in retiringness : noun shyness
As in timidness : noun shyness
As in diffidence : noun hesitancy; lack of confidence
As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty

Example sentences :

One can readily excuse a timorousness in Jack in such circumstances.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

Patricia was positively haughty toward Roger's timorousness.
Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess

The chief cause was in the timorousness of Bernard, the governor.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

Doubtless his timorousness was as great as theirs, only his timeliness was less.
Extract from : « The Life of Francis Thompson » by Everard Meynell

I cried, now grown angry, having recovered from my timorousness.
Extract from : « The Minute Boys of Boston » by James Otis

I saw him shrink from the mere recital with a man's timorousness.
Extract from : « A Woman of Genius » by Mary Austin

Presently, impatient of his own timorousness, he turned the device off again.
Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Neither her gayety nor her usual excess of timorousness returned.
Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald

Timorousness, arising from an undue regard to the world, is too often a hinderance to religious profession.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Again that inexplicable look of timorousness came into her small eyes.
Extract from : « In Accordance with the Evidence » by Oliver Onions

Synonyms for timorousness

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