timidez

Definitions of timidez
  1. noun
    fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
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    antonyms:
    atrevimiento, osadía
    the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
  2. noun
    lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
    synonyms: atraso, modestia, retraso, rezagamiento, tercermundismo
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    types:
    retraso
    retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
    bobería, ceporrez, estupidez, gilipollez, guajería, idiocia, idiotez, imbecilidad
    extreme mental retardation
    type of:
    estupidez, idiotez
    a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
  3. noun
    feeling embarrassed due to modesty
    synonyms: cortedad, empacho, encogimiento, rubor, verecundia, vergüenza, ñoñería
  4. noun
    a feeling of fear of embarrassment
    synonyms: corrimiento, cortedad, encogimiento, esquivez, hurañía, pava, pavo, pudor, recato, retraimiento, verecundia, vergüenza, ñoñería
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