insecurity

Examples

• All

• You may pretend you're trying to be nice, but really, it's a form of insecurity and self-hate.

  Fiction book (1994)

• An acute sense of insecurity is likely to be the source of trouble.

  Academic text (1994)

• And I feel that sense of insecurity every single time.

• I mean, whatever your insecurity is, just work on it.

  Sarah Rae Vargas

• So the fact that you feel insecurity is pretty fascinating.

• I just feel like my biggest insecurities are on full display.

• As Lee notes, such experience created a sense of insecurity and marginalization among the second generation as well.

  Academic text (1999)

• Not that I'm secure now; I've just learned to deal with insecurity as part of my life.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I've learned that insecurities will never leave you.

• I'll admit my insecurities were running loudly in my head.

Synonyms

D

doubt

vsinsecurity

∞ 1.6

A feeling of not being sure about something

adds emotional worry and reduced confidence about self or situation

U

uncertainty

vsinsecurity

296 4.0

Not being sure about what will happen or what to do

adds personal worry and loss of confidence about those events

S

self-doubt

vsinsecurity

21 4.6

Not feeling sure about what you can do or your decisions

covers both personal doubt and wider anxious uncertainty about situations

A

anxiousness

vsinsecurity

3 3.8

A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future

focuses more on reduced confidence and lack of self-assurance rather than only worry

S

self-distrust

vsinsecurity

6.8

Feeling unable to rely on your own choices or skills

is broader, adding general unease and worry about self or events

I

insecureness

vsinsecurity

6.8

Feeling unsure and worried about safety or the future

is more about internal lack of confidence and anxious feelings

U

unsureness

vsinsecurity

3.8

A feeling of doubt or low confidence

includes that unsure state plus anxiety and personal low confidence

I

incertitude

vsinsecurity

• Formal

8.9

A feeling of not being sure or confident about something

emphasizes the feeling side, including anxiety about self or situation

A

apprehensiveness

vsinsecurity

7.4

A feeling of worry or fear about something that might happen

is broader, also covering low confidence and uncertainty about self

Antonyms

C

confidence

456 2.1

A belief that you can do something well

How Insecure

to panic

272 2.3

anxiety

423 3.5

insecurity

93 3.7

self-doubt

21 4.6

uncertainty

296 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology