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Meanings of timorousness in anglès

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

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Usage of timorousness in anglès
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Presently, impatient of his own timorousness, he turned the device off again.
Operation Terror
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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...
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A sweet timorousness enveloped her and something tingled-sheknew not what.
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
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He felt a sudden timorousness, like a child caught redhanded doing something wrong.
The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
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Neither her gayety nor her usual excess of timorousness returned.
Mary Marston
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Mrs. Gallito, all timorousness again, beat her hands lightly together, in a distressful flurry.
The Black Pearl
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His extraordinary freedom from timorousness was something to think over.
My Robin
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She smiled-shewould punish Lizzie for her obdurate timorousness.
The Bat
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A virginal sweetness and timorousness-noflare of gaiety, no suggestion of cities, music, quick laughter.
Main Street
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Perhaps the cooperation of the presidential candidates required a certain respectful timorousness on the part of the director.
Reuters
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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
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Elena, blushing for some unknown reason, moved silently closer-andthere was a strange timorousness in her movement- atimorousdesire.
The Created Legend
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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
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During the shillyshallying over Syria he was painted as a blustering Wizard of Oz, hiding his timorousness behind a curtain.
Reuters
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She left her chair in a great hurry, and proceeded to embrace her young guest tenderly, though with a little timorousness.
A Fair Barbarian
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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