coyness
61shyness — Synonyms and related words: afraidness, bashfulness, boggle, boggling, compunction, confusion, coyness, demur, demureness, demurity, demurral, diffidence, embarrassment, falter, faltering, fearfulness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jumpiness …
62stage fright — Synonyms and related words: afraidness, agitation, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, bashfulness, buck fever, case of nerves, confusion, coyness, demureness, demurity, diffidence, embarrassment, excessive irritability, fear, fearfulness,… …
63stammering — Synonyms and related words: balbutient, balbuties, bashful, bashfulness, battology, confused, confusion, conscious, coy, coyness, demure, demureness, demurity, dysphemia, embarrassment, expletive, faltering, filling, halting, hesitating,… …
64timidity — Synonyms and related words: afraidness, bashfulness, chicken liveredness, chickenheartedness, confusion, cowardice, cowardliness, coyness, demureness, demurity, diffidence, embarrassment, faintheart, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness,… …
65pretense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, pretension, affectation, sham, imitation, ostentation; makeshift, simulation, excuse, pretext, evasion. See falsehood, vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of pretending] Syn. affectation,… …
66prudery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. propriety; prudishness, stiffness, coyness, primness, preciousness. See affectation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stuffiness, primness, priggishness, strictness; see behavior 1 , courtesy 1 …
67reserve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. restriction, qualification; restraint, caution, reticence, dignity; store, stock. See silence, modesty, economy, taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A portion kept against emergencies] Syn. savings,… …
68bashfulness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. modesty, timidity, reserve; see shyness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence of others: backwardness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness. See RESTRAINT …
69timidity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fear] Syn. fearfulness, cowardliness, softness; see cowardice , fear 2 . 2. [Reserve] Syn. calmness, shyness, quiet; see reserve 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence …
70backwardness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence of others: bashfulness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness. See RESTRAINT …
