- timidity, timidness, timorousness - fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions
--1 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
--1 has particulars:cold feet; shyness; diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust - timidity, timorousness - fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
--2 is a kind of fearfulness
--2 has particulars: faintheartedness