5
anxiety(noun, trouble, worry, concern, weakness)
5
changeableness(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, weakness)
5
dubiety(noun, trouble, concern, delay, difficulty)
5
indetermination(noun, uncertainty, irresolution)
5
reserve(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, confusion)
5
scepticism(noun, doubt)
5
uneasiness(noun, trouble, worry, concern, anxiety)
5
waver
4
apprehensiveness(noun, worry, anxiety, doubt, fear)
4
averseness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
4
bashfulness
4
care
4
caution(noun, doubt, integrity, morality, misgiving)
4
hesitating(verb, irresolution)
4
incertitude(noun, trouble, concern, difficulty, anxiety)
4
instability(noun, anxiety, weakness, uncertainty, shake)
4
oscillation(noun, trouble, concern, delay, anxiety)
4
pang(noun, doubt, misgiving)
4
rest
4
shrinking(dislike, doubt, opposition, protest, withdrawal)
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