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diffident collapse: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"; showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"

frightful collapse: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

alarm collapse: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event; an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger; fear resulting from the awareness of danger; warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

startling collapse: so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

fearful collapse: experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"; timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"; extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"

shiver collapse: shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

deterrent collapse: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"

dogged collapse: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

disquieting collapse: causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire"

believe collapse: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"; credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"; follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"; be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"

wonder collapse: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"; the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising; have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"; place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"; be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

angst collapse: an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

pins and needles collapse: a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

timid collapse: people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"; showing fear and lack of confidence

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