15
timidity(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, restraint)
12
modesty(noun, shame, doubt, reserve, embarrassment)
10
diffidence(noun, lack, reserve, simplicity, virtue)
10
humility(noun, shame, doubt, reserve, simplicity)
10
shyness(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, restraint)
7
humbleness(noun, reserve, simplicity, virtue, flattery)
7
prudery(reserve, simplicity, virtue, modesty, humility)
6
coyness(noun, restraint, reserve, simplicity, virtue)
6
demureness(noun, reserve, simplicity, virtue, flattery)
5
abashment
5
constraint(noun, shame, doubt, reserve, virtue)
5
embarrassment(noun, shame, humiliation, awkwardness, guilt)
5
meekness(noun, shame, doubt, reserve, simplicity)
5
reserve(noun, shame, doubt, simplicity, virtue)
5
timidness(noun, shame, restraint, doubt, reserve)
4
hesitation
4
introversion(noun, wariness, coyness)
4
restraint(reserve, shyness, diffidence, wariness, coyness)
4
stage fright(noun, expression, idiom, fear, freeze)
4
unobtrusiveness(noun, reserve, simplicity, virtue, flattery)
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