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insecure
adjectiveas inuncertain, worried
adjectiveas indangerous, precarious
Example Sentences
I was incredibly insecure the first time in the studio, but I think that insecurity is what led to the authenticity of the emotion.
Both need their show to thrive; they’re insecure, if opinionated people, who crave approval and ultimately make each other better, though they’ll only occasionally admit it.
Waltz, who was the president's principal adviser on national security issues, has had a difficult tenure amid accusations that senior officials used insecure methods of communication to conduct government business.
I still feel a little insecure about my grammar and s**t like that, but my agents and my editor just say, “Don’t worry, we can always work on that. Just be who you are.”
He could dish out compliments, but he was often too insecure to take them.
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Related Words
Words related toinsecure are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the wordinsecure. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
attackableadjectiveas invulnerable
adjectiveas invulnerable
dangerousadjectiveas inhazardous, troubling
adjectiveas inhazardous, troubling
- alarming
- bad
- breakneck
- chancy
- critical
- dangersome
- deadly
- delicate
- dynamite
- exposed
- fatal
- formidable
- hairy
- heavy
- hot
- impending
- impregnable
- insecure
- jeopardous
- loaded
- malignant
- menacing
- mortal
- nasty
- no-go
- on collision course
- parlous
- perilous
- portentous
- precarious
- pressing
- queasy
- risky
- serious
- serpentine
- shaky
- speculative
- terrible
- thorny
- threatening
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- ugly
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unstable
- urgent
- viperous
- vulnerable
- wicked
diffidentadjectiveas inhesitant; unconfident
adjectiveas inhesitant; unconfident
doubtfuladjectiveas inquestionable, unclear
adjectiveas inquestionable, unclear
- ambiguous
- borderline
- chancy
- clouded
- contingent
- debatable
- dicey
- disreputable
- doubtable
- dubious
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fat chance
- fishy
- hazardous
- hazy
- iffy
- impugnable
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- long shot
- obscure
- on thin ice
- open
- pending
- precarious
- problematic
- shady
- sneaky
- speculative
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- uneasy
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsure
- up for grabs
hazardousadjectiveas indangerous, unpredictable
adjectiveas indangerous, unpredictable
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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