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Meanings of timorousness in anglès

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timidesa

Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions.

      timidesa
      Usage of timorousness in anglès
      1
      Presently, impatient of his own timorousness, he turned the device off again.
      Operation Terror
      2
      He gazed now at the men before him, not with timorousness or trepidation.
      The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
      3
      A sweet timorousness enveloped her and something tingled-sheknew not what.
      Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
      4
      He felt a sudden timorousness, like a child caught redhanded doing something wrong.
      The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
      5
      Neither her gayety nor her usual excess of timorousness returned.
      Mary Marston
      6
      Mrs. Gallito, all timorousness again, beat her hands lightly together, in a distressful flurry.
      The Black Pearl
      7
      His extraordinary freedom from timorousness was something to think over.
      My Robin
      8
      She smiled-shewould punish Lizzie for her obdurate timorousness.
      The Bat
      9
      A virginal sweetness and timorousness-noflare of gaiety, no suggestion of cities, music, quick laughter.
      Main Street
      10
      Perhaps the cooperation of the presidential candidates required a certain respectful timorousness on the part of the director.
      Reuters
      11
      Then thine own natural weakness, and timorousness shall not overcome thee.-Forit shall not be too hard for God.
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
      12
      Elena, blushing for some unknown reason, moved silently closer-andthere was a strange timorousness in her movement- atimorousdesire.
      The Created Legend
      13
      This is, however, my third manly prudence: I am not put out of conceit with the WICKED by your timorousness.
      Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
      14
      During the shillyshallying over Syria he was painted as a blustering Wizard of Oz, hiding his timorousness behind a curtain.
      Reuters
      15
      She left her chair in a great hurry, and proceeded to embrace her young guest tenderly, though with a little timorousness.
      A Fair Barbarian
      16
      His natural timorousness of nature had indeed led him to put off making the visit for as long a time as possible.
      A Fair Barbarian
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      Timorousness through the time