insecurity

insecurity
n
1. instability, weakness, frailty, pre-cariousness, danger, jeopardy, hazard, peril, risk, riskiness, chancefulness, chanciness.
2. vulnerability, susceptibility, assailableness, defense-lessness; exposure, openness to attack, imperilment.
3. self-doubt, diffidence, timidity, timorousness, apprehension, faintheartedness; bashfulness, shyness, abashment, embarrassment, sheepishness; lack of self-confidence, reluctance, hesitancy, doubtfulness, backwardness; self-consciousness, constraint, uncertainty, incertitude, doubt, misgiving, hesitation, dubiousness, dubiety; irresolution, wariness, leeriness, fear, anxiety.

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