timidity

[ ti-mid-i-tee ]

/ tɪˈmɪd ɪ ti /

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noun

the state or quality of lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery:The stakes are too high for the officials charged with making decisions to succumb to timidity and refuse to act.

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Sometimes tim·id·ness

[tim-id-nis] /ˈtɪm ɪd nɪs/ .

Origin of timidity

First recorded in 1510–20; from Latin timiditās, equivalent to timid(us) + -i- connecting vowel + -tās noun suffix; see timid, -i-, -ty²

OTHER WORDS FROM timidity

o·ver·tim·id·ness, nouno·ver·ti·mid·i·ty, nounun·tim·id·ness, noun

Words nearby timidity

time will tell, timework, timeworn, time zone, timid, timidity, timing, timing belt, timing chain, timing gear, Timişoara

How to use timidity in a sentence

Though their approach was conservative, it shouldn’t be seen as timid.
How Far Can Ja Morant Take The Resurgent Memphis Grizzlies?|James L. Jackson|December 14, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Another memorable moment is when a decision to punt by the warden’s team is described by announcers as “kind of a timid or a chicken kind of football.”
Who’s The Most Chaotic Movie Football Coach?|Josh Hermsmeyer|December 4, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
For the first time at any presidential or vice-presidential debate, a nominee said that their administration would “decriminalize marijuana” — a winner in polls that other Democrats have been timid about discussing.
The Trailer: What went unsaid in Wednesday's vice-presidential debate|David Weigel|October 8, 2020|Washington Post
Davis played a timid housewife who goes road-tripping with her not-at-all timid friend, played by Susan Sarandon.
Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (Ep. 394)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 24, 2019|Freakonomics

Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Winograd and Hais see millennial timidity as a mostly temporary phenomena.
Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on the American Dream?|Joel Kotkin|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
American timidity towards Israel has certainly earned his criticism.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process|Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt.
Daniel Kahneman’s Gripe With Behavioral Economics|Jesse Singal|April 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There were those who lagged behind out of incomprehension, political calculation, or timidity.
Clinton’s Take on Gay Marriage Today|Robert Shrum|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Setting aside timidity, we find that well-informed persons are sometimes‌ good listeners, but no talkers.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Entrusted with sixty thousand men with orders to make a vast turning movement, his timidity spoiled the Emperor's careful plans.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Age asks with timidity to be spared intolerable pain; youth, taking fortune by the beard, demands joy like a right.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
As her children had to be defended, all her feminine timidity had disappeared and made way for a cold and energetic resolution.
The Border Rifles|Gustave Aimard
Was it timidity, pride, or prudence which restrained me from all communication with the unfortunate and degraded of their sex?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico