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Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
Easily anxious or frightened
Hesitant or uncertain in nature or approach
Having the character or quality of contriteness
Not completely confident or sure of something
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Adjective
▲
Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
shy
retiring
timid
modest
reserved
bashful
withdrawn
reticent
meek
quiet
shrinking
timorous
demure
introverted
unassertive
coy
humble
sheepish
unassuming
nervous
backward
insecure
unconfident
hesitant
fearful
recessive
mousy
apprehensive
embarrassed
inhibited
unassured
uncertain
shamefaced
reluctant
constrained
unsure
unobtrusive
wary
unpresuming
mim
suspicious
chary
abashed
rabbity
unpoised
ashamed
distrustful
self-effacing
self-conscious
self-doubting
aw-shucks
ill at ease
unforthcoming
silent
restrained
blushing
unpretentious
uncommunicative
unsociable
unresponsive
distant
taciturn
anxious
secretive
standoffish
undemonstrative
private
media-shy
mild
skittish
aloof
passive
fainthearted
tremulous
fearsome
lowly
remote
reclusive
close
offish
guarded
mousey
down-to-earth
scary
lacking confidence
cool
cold
stand-offish
detached
unfriendly
dumb
closemouthed
unapproachable
submissive
withdrawing
laconic
retired
introvert
prim
simple
lacking self-confidence
uneasy
not self-assured
tight-lipped
doubting
close-mouthed
uncomfortable
plain
unpretending
discreet
temperate
jumpy
overmodest
jittery
affected
indifferent
unconcerned
antsy
antisocial
afraid
uptight
eremitic
unemotional
faint-hearted
nice
chilly
nongregarious
uncompanionable
gentle
mum
UK
incurious
uninterested
icy
peaceful
casual
secret
disinterested
mom
US
dark
unambitious
docile
tongue-tied
lacking assurance
lacking in confidence
not confident
soft-spoken
tight-mouthed
clammed up
dried up
costive
prudish
unaffected
worried
pale
scared
natural
frightened
unostentatious
passionless
ingenuous
ordinary
seclusive
verecund
recoiling
blushful
genuine
artless
hung up
hermitic
anchoritic
eremitical
excited
easily embarrassed
agitated
unaffable
unexpansive
inconspicuous
unboastful
irresolute
spiritless
feeble
apologetic
unaggressive
unpresumptuous
weak
chaste
proper
seemly
low-key
not forward
low-profile
mute
keeping a low profile
moderate
resigned
prudent
approval-seeking
speechless
awkward
unspeaking
timidsome
pusillanimous
nervy
wordless
muted
unwilling
quivery
edgy
untalkative
soft
mumchance
impersonal
tense
dispassionate
strained
peaceable
close-lipped
clamlike
curt
unclubbable
stiff
evasive
frigid
asocial
unconversational
standoff
dummied up
patient
frosty
discomfited
formal
haughty
wouldn't say boo to a goose
unnatural
gauche
stilted
on the QT
indirect
hush-hush
artificial
lamblike
solitary
buttoned up
at a loss for words
mannered
uppity
forbearing
abstracted
lenient
removed
unbending
cautious
preoccupied
subdued
misanthropic
equivocal
uninvolved
dry
ill-at-ease
conventional
out of countenance
unsure of yourself
sedate
like a fish out of water
cold-eyed
serene
composed
buttoned-up
collected
tolerant
long-suffering
longanimous
mincing
snobbish
laid-back
Olympian
stuck up
ceremonious
putting on airs
noncommittal
placid
self-contained
uncurious
euphemistic
self-restrained
thoughtful
inward-looking
socially inhibited
mealy-mouthed
pretentious
overdelicate
doubtful
cagey
unexpressive
incommunicable
sententious
tightlipped
incommunicative
sparing
uncommunicable
careful
phlegmatic
circumspect
brooding
hushed
zipped
enigmatic
emotionless
apathetic
unfeeling
controlled
stolid
stoical
impassive
deep
unmoved
stoic
numb
impassible
affectless
dour
calm
voiceless
inarticulate
heedful
unsocial
alert
non-communicative
watchful
vigilant
attentive
considerate
conservative
safe
gingerly
politic
dried-up
playing your cards close to your chest
calculating
cold-blooded
non-committal
not talkative
on the lookout
with eyes peeled
cryptic
with reservations
mysterious
wooden
covert
furtive
inscrutable
unamiable
glacial
unruffled
uncongenial
inhospitable
unneighbourly
sober
chill
self-deprecating
insular
unexcitable
nonvocal
unsympathetic
callous
of few words
stuffy
heartless
measured
forbidding
soundless
austere
stuck-up
unrevealing
mindful
judicious
tentative
leery
provident
aware
suspecting
discriminating
observant
scrupulous
forethoughtful
precautious
saying nothing
self-critical
self-controlled
cool, calm and collected
keeping people at arm's length
keeping a weather eye on
walking on eggs
self-deprecatory
on your toes
all ears
lost for words
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
hedging your bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
taking it slow
playing safe
belt-and-braces
on the qui vive
watching one's step
on guard
watching out
on the watch
overly modest
terse
independent
sullen
isolated
elusive
ungregarious
dumbstruck
dumbfounded
uncivil
hostile
rude
mopey
mopish
unneighborly
hermit-like
hermitical
inaccessible
inapproachable
scowling
still
imperturbable
unflappable
secluded
hidden
nonchalant
antagonistic
silentious
unheard
struck dumb
unfazed
supercilious
insensible
self-sufficient
forced
buttoning up
clamming up
tight chops
closed up
not forthcoming
snooty
proud
unloquacious
all alone
superior
hardened
insociable
arrogant
insusceptible
zipping one's lips
buttoning one's lip
mum's the word
unimpressible
indurated
inexcitable
staid
exact
precise
mean-looking
not saying boo
bereft of speech
unable to get a word out
laid back
abient
avoidant
correct
put on airs
matter-of-fact
backstairs
sly
undercover
feline
labored
US
laboured
UK
enigmatical
mystic
inflexible
starched
starchy
contrived
official
serious
lukewarm
polite
unloving
unenthusiastic
uncanny
impenetrable
surreptitious
arcane
nebulous
opaque
straight arrow
by the numbers
strait-laced
stiff-necked
in private
in chambers
in privacy
unwelcoming
in the background
in the dark
unaffectionate
offhand
tranquil
abstruse
annoyed
offended
impudent
impertinent
procacious
insolent
contained
equable
deadpan
unexcessive
in charge
under wraps
bottled up
chilled
in check
inobtrusive
on a leash
under control
nonaggressive
reasonable
not given to excesses
in control of yourself
corked up
steady
self-possessed
unextreme
cloak-and-dagger
sphinxlike
magical
businesslike
rational
unagitated
listless
inexpressive
flat
insensitive
unsentimental
clinical
objective
blah
uncompassionate
unimpressionable
coldhearted
obdurate
marble
shrewd
level-headed
cool-headed
poker-faced
hard-headed
canny
hard-hearted
hard-boiled
thick-skinned
along for the ride
going with the flow
rolling with the punches
diplomatic
tactful
overcautious
overcareful
more ❯
“He looked rather sheepish and
diffident
, hands in pockets and a nervous grin on his face.”
Adjective
▲
Easily anxious or frightened
faint-hearted
cowardly
timorous
timid
fearful
chicken
gutless
spineless
craven
pusillanimous
yellow
weak
wimpish
recreant
spiritless
wimpy
soft
scared
cowering
sissy
nervous
quaking
apprehensive
afraid
trembling
wet
jittery
irresolute
shy
weakling
boneless
retiring
hesitant
daunted
jumpy
nervy
spooked
feart
tentative
unmanly
lily-livered
weak-kneed
chicken-livered
pigeon-hearted
chicken-hearted
yellow-bellied
easily frightened
weak-willed
candy-assed
poor-spirited
easily scared
feeble
unheroic
dastardly
poltroon
shrinking
frightened
chickenhearted
sissified
fainthearted
abject
panicky
base
anxious
pigeonhearted
dismayed
caitiff
having the willies
backward
no guts
white-livered
cowhearted
sookie
running scared
milk-livered
worthless
lacking courage
paper tiger
nerveless
characterless
effete
pathetic
frail
limp-wristed
weakened
submissive
invertebrate
wishy-washy
namby-pamby
tremulous
intimidated
meek
mousy
wussy
mousey
milk-and-water
ineffectual
cowed
ineffective
skittish
cringey
weedy
cringing
unassertive
vacillating
having cold feet
shaky
unnerved
impotent
squeamish
scary
fearsome
terrified
startled
wavering
petrified
tame
daft
feckless
enervated
vapid
inept
insipid
limp
languid
jejune
milksoppish
mediocre
listless
sapless
half-hearted
foolish
sheepish
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unassured
reluctant
coward
niddering
poltroonish
emasculated
ignoble
epicene
lame
like a lamb to the slaughter
afraid of one's own shadow
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
swishy
snowflake
trepidatious
nerdy
faint
shuddering
soppy
drippy
frightened of one's own shadow
indecisive
fickle
passive
faltering
dithering
useless
forceless
pithless
emasculate
powerless
undetermined
indeterminate
fallible
corruptible
supine
hemming and hawing
waffling
yielding
unreliable
unsure
undependable
without a will of your own
easily led
afraid of one's shadow
slack-spined
wormlike
servile
alarmed
worried
tense
concerned
uneasy
bothered
horrified
frantic
disturbed
perturbed
shaken
rattled
aghast
hysterical
fretful
terrorized
US
troubled
affrighted
afeared
overwrought
hysteric
shocked
frozen
stunned
frit
upset
terrorised
UK
apprehensive about
intimidated by
on edge
in a flap
alarmed at
beside oneself
terror-stricken
scared to death
panic-stricken
in a fluster
scared stiff
in a state
in a tizzy
scared witless
in a tizz
in a funk
in a cold sweat
horror-struck
in a blue funk
horror-stricken
terror-struck
in awe
shaking in one's shoes
with your heart in your mouth
frightened out of your wits
scared out of your wits
shaking like a leaf
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Hesitant or uncertain in nature or approach
vacillant
doubtful
faltering
hesitating
wavering
timid
unsure
vacillating
halting
irresolute
backward
tentative
reluctant
disinclined
indecisive
shy
afraid
averse
dawdling
delaying
doubting
lazy
loath
pendulous
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
slow
uneager
unpredictable
unwilling
vacillatory
half-hearted
hanging back
lacking confidence
shilly-shally
hesitant
unconfident
reticent
reserved
indisposed
cautious
uncertain
unsteady
shaky
iffy
undecided
wobbly
dubious
opposed
resistant
cagey
cagy
nervous
not in the mood
loth
ambivalent
antipathetic
dithering
hostile
unenthusiastic
antagonistic
oscillating
unprepared
recalcitrant
havering
ill-disposed
cunctatory
shilly-shallying
not disposed
in doubt
in two minds
in a dilemma
on the horns of a dilemma
humming and hawing
in a quandary
having qualms
having misgivings
blowing hot and cold
wary
inimical
chary
uninclined
not in favour of
not keen
unenthusiastic about
frightened
dismayed
scared
discouraged
disheartened
suspicious
averse to
diffident about
chary of
shy of
circumspect about
cautious with
hesitant about
queasy about
balking
US
objecting
unsympathetic
baulking
UK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having the character or quality of contriteness
apologetic
sorry
remorseful
regretful
contrite
repentant
penitent
rueful
ashamed
shamefaced
compunctious
sheepish
attritional
penitential
hangdog
atoning
propitiatory
supplicating
deprecatory
conciliatory
expiatory
explanatory
conscience-stricken
self-reproachful
red-faced
full of regret
self-incriminating
in sackcloth and ashes
self-effacing
on one's knees
guilt-ridden
guilty
chastened
sorrowful
mournful
abject
sad
afraid
self-condemnatory
shamed
abashed
humble
mortified
disappointed
self-accusing
bad
repenting
penitentiary
terrible
disturbed
troubled
awful
rotten
unhappy
distressed
embarrassed
humiliated
extremely sorry
very sorry
deeply saddened
humbled
uncomfortable
discomfited
awkward
disgraced
chagrined
self-conscious
blushing
demeaned
flustered
discountenanced
shy
disconcerted
upset
crestfallen
dishonoured
UK
discredited
dishonored
US
with one's tail between one's legs
unsettled
thrown
uneasy
discomposed
nervous
debased
bashful
put out of countenance
shown-up
ill at ease
caught with egg on your face
not know where to put yourself
with egg on one's face
wishing the earth would swallow one up
prudish
meek
stuttering
reserved
restrained
stammering
distraught
muddled
blush to think of
stupid
tarred and feathered
degraded
foolish
whipped
chastised
disdained
insignificant
derided
low
deflated
condemned
belittled
small
disparaged
shunned
crushed
reviled
diminished
shown up
scorned
mocked
inferior
in disgrace
fallen
castigated
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not completely confident or sure of something
uncertain
doubtful
undecided
unsure
dubious
hesitant
unresolved
vague
ambivalent
hazy
iffy
irresolute
unclear
ambiguous
equivocal
indecisive
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
suspicious
dithering
insecure
split
tentative
torn
uncommitted
unconvinced
unsettled
distrustful
equivocating
faltering
halting
hesitating
indefinite
mistrustful
noncommittal
vacillating
waffling
wavering
hinky
oscillating
trustless
unconfident
on the fence
in doubt
in two minds
on the horns of a dilemma
shilly-shallying
in a dilemma
in a quandary
not sure
betwixt and between
hemming and hawing
of two minds
blowing hot and cold
running hot and cold
cagey
reticent
loath
indisposed
unconfirmed
disinclined
undetermined
loth
reluctant
shaky
leery
cagy
chancy
fly-by-night
untrusty
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
unsavoury
UK
touch-and-go
doubting
cynical
wary
unbelieving
disbelieving
chary
incredulous
cautious
apprehensive
careful
suspecting
negativistic
nervous
guarded
quizzical
averse
afraid
uneasy
circumspect
unwilling
untrusting
shy
watchful
uneager
backward
show-me
agnostic
heedful
mistrusting
opposed
resistant
lacking trust
faithless
without belief
paranoid
jealous
fearful
uptight
scoffing
been hit before
antipathetic
on guard
jaundiced
having misgivings
having qualms
not born yesterday
without faith
not in the mood
mindful
distrusting
unpredictable
slow
lacking confidence
havering
unenthusiastic
cunctatory
gingerly
conservative
considerate
alert
safe
lacking faith
aporetic
non-believing
having reservations
prudent
scrupulous
floating
hostile
teetering
fluctuating
divided
restrained
canny
inhibited
constrained
calculating
discreet
particular
fastidious
half-hearted
unprepared
antagonistic
perplexed
hanging back
wishy-washy
humming and hawing
recalcitrant
ill-disposed
not disposed
like doubting Thomas
sitting on the fence
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
unsatisfied
suspect
pessimistic
worried
anxious
skittish
unenlightened
not believing
vexed
confused
neutral
misbelieving
wondering
nonbelieving
freethinking
grudging
pussyfooting
minimifidian
have misgivings
have reservations
on-the-fence
resisting
inimical
uninclined
demurring
not in favour of
not keen
unenthusiastic about
wobbling
balking
US
swithering
unfinished
pendent
objecting
baulking
UK
unsympathetic
hedging your bets
in the middle
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