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Timorousness

noun
1.
Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions.  Synonyms: timidity, timidness.
2.
Fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities.  Synonym: timidity.






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"Timorousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... Timorousness, arising from an undue regard to the world, is too often a hinderance to religious profession. Persons who have been awakened to some sense of the evil of sin, and have perceived the importance, while they have felt in some degree ...
— Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II • Francis Augustus Cox

... a great hurry, and proceeded to embrace her young guest tenderly, though with a little timorousness. The young lady submitted to the caress ...
— A Fair Barbarian • Frances Hodgson Burnett



Words linked to "Timorousness" :   faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, faintness, diffidence, shyness, self-distrust, fright, self-doubt, boldness, timid, timidity, timidness, cold feet



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