| timidity | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. timidity, timidness, timorousness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions. |
| ~ fear, fearfulness, fright | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). |
| ~ cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action.; "I was going to tell him but I got cold feet" |
| ~ shyness | a feeling of fear of embarrassment. |
| ~ diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt | lack of self-confidence. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. timidity, timorousness | fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities. |
| ~ faintheartedness, faintness | the trait of lacking boldness and courage.; "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose" |
| ~ fearfulness | the trait of being afraid. |
| breadfruit | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree | native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. |
| ~ breadfruit | a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts. |
| ~ artocarpus, genus artocarpus | evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit. |
| ~ fruit tree | tree bearing edible fruit. |
| n. (food) | 2. breadfruit | a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts. |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit, breadfruit tree | native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. |
| louse up | | |
| v. (social) | 1. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil | make a mess of, destroy or ruin.; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
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