Temerity and Timidness

Opposite meaning words

Temerity noun - Shameless boldness.

Usage example: she had the temerity to ask my boyfriend if she could go out with him should he and I ever break up

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Timidness is an antonym for temerity.

Timidness noun - Lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks.

Usage example: such timidness is surprising in a man as physically imposing as he is

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Temerity is an antonym for timidness.

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