insecurity
noun
[ ˌɪnsɪˈkjɔːrɪti ]
• uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence.
• "she had a deep sense of insecurity"
Similar:
lack of confidence,
lack of self-confidence,
self-doubt,
diffidence,
unassertiveness,
humility,
humbleness,
meekness,
timidity,
timidness,
timorousness,
uncertainty,
nervousness,
hesitancy,
inhibition,
self-consciousness,
anxiety,
apprehension,
worry,
unease,
uneasiness,
vulnerability,
defencelessness,
unguardedness,
lack of protection,
perilousness,
peril,
danger,
riskiness,
instability,
fragility,
frailty,
shakiness,
rockiness,
unsteadiness,
unreliability,
tenuousness,
chanciness,
iffiness,
dodginess,
• the state of being open to danger or threat; lack of protection.
• "growing job insecurity"
Similar:
unstable,
unsecured,
loose,
rickety,
rocky,
wobbly,
shaky,
unsteady,
precarious,
unsubstantial,
weak,
flimsy,
frail,
fragile,
spindly,
decrepit,
unsound,
unsafe,
jerry-built,
teetery,
wonky,
dicky,
dodgy,
