3
objection(noun, dislike, challenge, disagreement, doubt)
3
perplexity(noun, trouble, concern, difficulty, anxiety)
3
recoil(withdrawal, shrinking, unwillingness)
3
respite
3
reticence(noun, reserve, silence, timidity, shyness)
3
shakiness(noun, anxiety, weakness, uncertainty, shake)
3
shilly-shallying(noun, uncertainty, wavering, indecision, vacillation)
3
stuttering(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
3
timidness(noun, act, delay, weakness, shame)
3
unbelief(anxiety, doubt, uncertainty, fear, scruple)
3
uncertainness
3
unpredictability(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, weakness)
3
unsteadiness(noun, anxiety, weakness, uncertainty, shake)
3
unwillingness(noun, delay, weakness, dislike, challenge)
3
worry(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, confusion)
2
alternation(noun, anxiety, weakness, uncertainty, shake)
2
abeyance
2
alarm(noun, worry, anxiety, fear, uneasiness)
2
ambivalence(noun, trouble, concern, anxiety, confusion)
2
backwardness
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