Timidity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɪmˈɪdᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/tɪmˈɪdɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɪmˈɪdɪti/

4 syllables Say it as /tɪmˈɪdᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

timidness timorousness

Antonyms

boldness

Word Forms

timid

adjective

showing fear and lack of confidence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schüchternheit

Angst vor dem Unbekannten oder Ungewohnten oder Angst davor, Entscheidungen zu treffen

🇫🇷French

timidité

peur de l'inconnu ou de l'inconnu ou peur de prendre des décisions

🇪🇸Spanish

timidez

miedo a lo desconocido o desconocido o miedo a tomar decisiones

🇮🇹Italian

timidezza

paura dell'ignoto o del non familiare o paura di prendere decisioni

🇳🇱Dutch

verlegenheid

angst voor het onbekende of onbekende of angst om beslissingen te nemen

🇵🇹Portuguese

timidez

medo do desconhecido ou desconhecido ou medo de tomar decisões

🇷🇺Russian

робость

страх неизвестного или незнакомого или страх принятия решений

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कातरता

अज्ञात या अपरिचित का डर या निर्णय लेने का डर

🇧🇩Bengali

ভীরুতা

অজানা বা অপরিচিতের ভয় বা সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়ার ভয়

🇮🇳Tamil

கூச்சம்

தெரியாத அல்லது அறிமுகமில்லாத பயம் அல்லது முடிவுகளை எடுக்க பயம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పిరికితనం

తెలియని లేదా తెలియని భయం లేదా నిర్ణయాలు తీసుకునే భయం

🇮🇳Marathi

भित्रापणा

अज्ञात किंवा अपरिचित किंवा निर्णय घेण्याची भीती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડરપોક

અજાણ્યા અથવા અજાણ્યાનો ડર અથવા નિર્ણય લેવાનો ડર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಂಜುಬುರುಕತೆ

ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿಚಯವಿಲ್ಲದ ಭಯ ಅಥವಾ ನಿರ್ಧಾರಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಭಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭീരുത്വം

അജ്ഞാതമോ അപരിചിതമോ ആയ ഭയം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ തീരുമാനങ്ങൾ എടുക്കാനുള്ള ഭയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰਪੋਕ

ਅਣਜਾਣ ਜਾਂ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਦਾ ਡਰ ਜਾਂ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਲੈਣ ਦਾ ਡਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈرپوک

نامعلوم یا نا واقف کا خوف یا فیصلے کرنے کا خوف

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

胆怯

对未知或不熟悉的事物感到恐惧或害怕做出决定

🇯🇵Japanese

臆病

未知または不慣れなことに対する恐怖、または決断を下すことに対する恐怖

🇰🇷Korean

소심함

미지의 것에 대한 두려움, 익숙하지 않은 것에 대한 두려움, 결정을 내리는 것에 대한 두려움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rụt rè

sợ những điều chưa biết hoặc không quen thuộc hoặc sợ đưa ra quyết định

🇹🇭Thai

ความขี้ขลาด

กลัวสิ่งที่ไม่รู้หรือไม่คุ้นเคยหรือกลัวการตัดสินใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sifat takut-takut

takut akan hal yang tidak diketahui atau asing atau takut membuat keputusan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkamahiyain

takot sa hindi alam o hindi pamilyar o takot sa paggawa ng mga desisyon

🇲🇾Malay

rasa malu

takut kepada perkara yang tidak diketahui atau tidak dikenali atau takut membuat keputusan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خجل

الخوف من المجهول أو غير المألوف أو الخوف من اتخاذ القرارات

🇮🇷Persian

ترسو بودن

ترس از ناشناخته یا ناآشنا یا ترس از تصمیم گیری

🇹🇷Turkish

çekingenlik

Bilinmeyenden veya tanıdık olmayandan korkmak veya karar verme korkusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַסְסָנוּת

פחד מהלא נודע או לא מוכר או פחד לקבל החלטות

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