timorousness
noun[U]
literaryuk/ˈtɪm.ər.əs.nəs/us/ˈtɪm.ɚ.əs.nəs/thequalityof beingnervousand withoutconfidence:
羞怯;胆小,胆怯He has atouchingmixtureof timorousness andcourage.他虽然胆怯,却仍能鼓起勇气,令人感动。
I was adeterminedyoungman wholongedtoconquerhis own timorousness.我曾是一个坚定的年轻人,渴望战胜自己的胆怯。
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timorous
- Beneath that timorousness there's theremainsof apersonwho hadoncebeenassured,strong,brave.
- There was in him amixtureofprideandstubborntimorousness.
- It is onlyourtimorousness andlackofimaginationwhichkeepus fromproducingtheplays.
Cowardly
- be afraid of your own shadowidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- craven
- cravenness
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- spineless
- spinelessly
- spinelessness
- timid
- timidity
- unadventurous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- wimpy