Timidity and Vaingloriousness

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

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Vaingloriousness is an antonym for timidity.

Nearby Words: timid, timidly

Vaingloriousness noun - An often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements.

Usage example: a tiresome vaingloriousness that manifested itself in the old general's incessant boasting about his battlefield victories

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Timidity is an antonym for vaingloriousness.

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Vaingloriousness and Timidity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/timidity/vaingloriousness

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