Synonyms for timorousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tim-er-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪm ər əs |
Top 10 synonyms for timorousness
- backwardness
- bashfulness
- demureness
- diffidence
- docility
- doubt
- faintheartedness
- fawning
- fear
- fearfulness
- hesitation
- humility
- inferiority complex
- lack of pride
- lowliness
- meekness
- mortification
- mousiness
- nonresistance
- obedience
- obsequiousness
- passiveness
- reluctance
- reserve
- resignation
- restraint
- retiringness
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-consciousness
- servility
- sheepishness
- shyness
- subjection
- submissiveness
- subservience
- timidness
- timorousness
- unassertiveness
- unobtrusiveness
- unpretentiousness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for timorousness
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019