What are the opposite words for confidence?
The antonyms for the word "confidence" are insecurity, uncertainty, doubt, fear, and anxiety. When one lacks self-assurance, it affects their judgment and decision-making abilities. Insecurity refers to the lack of confidence in oneself, causing one to feel vulnerable and exposed. Doubt relates to the feeling of being unsure about something, causing a lack of confidence in one's abilities. Fear refers to a general feeling of apprehension or worry about something specific, causing a lack of confidence. Anxiety is a feeling of unease, worry, or nervousness about an event or situation that can have negative consequences on one's confidence. It is important to overcome these negative emotions and develop a strong sense of confidence to lead a fulfilling life.
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- hopelessness
- feeling
- fear
- disbelief
- alarm
- uncertainty
- envy
- modesty
- dismay
- humility
- doubt
- jealousy
- brain-teaser
- care
- constraint
- despair
- desperation
- diffidence
- discouragement
- dread
- indecisiveness
- mistrust
- self-effacement
- unease
- worry
- acrimony
- anxiety
- apprehension
- chagrin
- consternation
- despondency
- disfavor
- distrust
- embarrassment
- fluctuation
- fright
- gloom
- hesitation
- horror
- humbleness
- melancholy
- misgiving
- query
- riddle
- stress
- suspicion
- uneasiness
- upset
- feeling of sudden fear
- panic
- feeling of anxiety
- worry, tension
- anxiety, fear
- shyness
- personal interest, concern
- displeasure
- belief in oneself
- belief in something
- dismay, distress
- pessimism
- depression, hopelessness
- hesitancy; lack of confidence
- unbelief
- doubt, skepticism
- dislike; disgrace
- disappointed feeling; distress
- lack of faith in something
- lack of faith, conviction; questioning
- humiliation, shame
- alarm, apprehension
- extreme apprehension
- fear, depression
- melancholy, depression
- waiting; uncertainty
- fear, revulsion
- humbleness, modesty
- coyness
- depression, sadness
- angst
- cynicism
- habitual skepticism
- demand for answers
- frightened state
- intense fear
- anxiety, worry
- doubt, changeableness
- anxiety, trouble
- in confidence
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- hopelessness
- feeling
- fear
- disbelief
- alarm
- uncertainty
- envy
- modesty
- dismay
-
humility
- docility,
- nonresistance,
- obsequiousness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- subjection,
- unobtrusiveness,
- Non-resistance,
- docilities,
- fawnings,
- lack of pride,
- non resistance,
- non resistances,
- non-resistances,
- nonresistances,
- obsequiousnesses,
- self abasement,
- self abasements,
- self abnegation,
- self abnegations,
- self-abnegations,
- selfabasement,
- selfabasements,
- selfabnegation,
- selfabnegations,
- subserviences,
- un obtrusiveness,
- un obtrusivenesses,
- un pretentiousness,
- un pretentiousnesses,
- un-obtrusiveness,
- un-obtrusivenesses,
- un-pretentiousness,
- un-pretentiousnesses,
- unobtrusivenesses.
- doubt
-
jealousy
- envy.
- brain-teaser
- care
- constraint
- despair
- desperation
-
diffidence
- self-consciousness,
- sheepishness,
- timorousness,
- unassertiveness,
- mousiness,
- in securities,
- in security,
- in-securities,
- in-security,
- mousinesses,
- self consciousness,
- self consciousnesses,
- self-consciousnesses,
- selfconsciousness,
- selfconsciousnesses,
- sheepishnesses,
- timorousnesses,
- un assertiveness,
- un assertivenesses,
- un-assertiveness,
- un-assertivenesses,
- unassertivenesses.
- discouragement
- dread
- indecisiveness
- mistrust
- self-effacement
- unease
- worry
- acrimony
-
anxiety
- butterfly,
- cold sweat,
- fretfulness,
- unease,
- willies,
- worriment,
- Butterflies,
- Nail Biting,
- all overs,
- allovers,
- ants in pants,
- ants pants,
- cold sweats,
- dis quiet,
- dis quiets,
- dis quietude,
- dis quietudes,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-quiets,
- dis-quietude,
- dis-quietudes,
- fore boding,
- fore bodings,
- fore-boding,
- fretfulnesses,
- nail-biting,
- nail-bitings,
- nailbiting,
- pins needles.
- apprehension
- chagrin
- consternation
- despondency
-
disfavor
- doghouse,
- dis approbation,
- dis approbations,
- dis approval,
- dis approvals,
- dis credit,
- dis credits,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteems,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis honor,
- dis honors,
- dis inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis pleasure,
- dis pleasures,
- dis regard,
- dis regards,
- dis repute,
- dis reputes,
- dis respect,
- dis respects,
- dis taste,
- dis tastes,
- dis-approbation,
- dis-approbations,
- dis-approval,
- dis-approvals,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credits,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-pleasures,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regards,
- dis-repute,
- dis-reputes,
- dis-respect,
- dis-respects,
- dis-taste,
- dis-tastes,
- doghouses,
- in disposition,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- un popularities,
- un popularity,
- unpopularities.
- distrust
- embarrassment
- fluctuation
- fright
- gloom
-
hesitation
- indecisiveness,
- irresoluteness,
- irresolution,
- timidness,
- dawdlings,
- de lay,
- de laying,
- de lays,
- de-lay,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- delayings,
- fumblings,
- hemming and hawing,
- hemming and hawings,
- hemming hawing,
- procrastinations,
- stumblings,
- un willingness,
- un willingnesses,
- un-willingness,
- un-willingnesses.
- horror
- humbleness
- melancholy
- misgiving
- query
-
riddle
- closed book,
- rebus,
- stumper,
- teaser,
- Rebuses,
- teasers,
- brain twister,
- brain twisters,
- brain-twister,
- brain-twisters,
- braintwister,
- braintwisters,
- closed books,
- knotty question,
- knotty questions,
- mind boggler,
- mind-bogglers,
- mindboggler,
- re buses,
- re-buses,
- sixty four dollar question,
- sixty four dollar questions,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- sixty-four dollar questions,
- sixtyfour dollar question,
- stumpers,
- tough nut crack,
- tough nut to crack,
- tough proposition,
- tough propositions.
-
stress
- tautness,
- tenseness,
- tensity,
- tightness,
- overextensions,
- ex tension,
- ex-tension,
- ex-tensions,
- in tensity,
- in-tensity,
- nervous tension,
- nervous tensions,
- over extension,
- over extensions,
- over-extension,
- over-extensions,
- pro traction,
- pro tractions,
- pro-traction,
- pro-tractions,
- tautnesses,
- tensenesses,
- tensities,
- tightnesses.
- suspicion
- uneasiness
- upset
- feeling of sudden fear
- panic
- feeling of anxiety
- worry, tension
- anxiety, fear
- shyness
-
personal interest, concern
- care.
- displeasure
- belief in oneself
- belief in something
- dismay, distress
- pessimism
- depression, hopelessness
- hesitancy; lack of confidence
- unbelief
- doubt, skepticism
- dislike; disgrace
- disappointed feeling; distress
- lack of faith in something
- lack of faith, conviction; questioning
- humiliation, shame
-
alarm, apprehension
- fear.
- extreme apprehension
-
fear, depression
- funk.
- melancholy, depression
- waiting; uncertainty
- fear, revulsion
- humbleness, modesty
- coyness
- depression, sadness
- angst
- cynicism
- habitual skepticism
- demand for answers
- frightened state
- intense fear
- anxiety, worry
- doubt, changeableness
- anxiety, trouble
- in confidence
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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well kept
- Antonyms:
- more tumbledown, most tumbledown, adulterated.
