timidity Meaning & Definition

  • En [ tɪˈmɪd.ə.ti]
  • Us [ tɪˈmɪd.ə.t̬i]

Meaning of timidity In English

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Examples of timidity

  • He was embarrassed by his own timidity, since he was not brave enough to participate protests.

  • The government is exhibiting an almost desperate timidity in addressing the issue.

  • His natural timidity is hardly helped by bullying at school.

  • In 2004, as in 1968, perhaps the best antidote to timidity is the ungovernable wildness of the imagination.

  • Why this timidity about bringing the two voices together?

  • Indeed, timidity was illustrated on a number of occasions.

  • In overcoming timidity and the norms of feminine passivity, one might move closer to the ideal of the transcendent superwoman.

  • Parents who want outgoing children are threatened by very quiet ones and may deny their children's timidity.

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Translations of timidity In Other Languages

  • Español

    timidez, timidez [feminine, singular]…

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  • Português

    timidez…

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  • 日本語

    臆病, 小心…

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  • Français

    timidité [feminine], timidité, caractère craintif…

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  • Catalan

    timidesa…

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  • العربية

    خَجل…

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  • Čeština

    plachost…

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  • Dansk

    frygtsomhed…

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