(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stickle.

bashful bashfulness boggle boggling cautious compunction demur demurral demurring diffidence diffident falter faltering hesitance hesitancy hesitant hesitating hesitation jibbing modest modesty objection pause protest qualm qualm of conscience qualmish qualmishness recoil scruple scrupling scrupulosity scrupulous scrupulousness shilly-shallying shrinking shy shyness squeamish sticking straining tentative timid