skittishness in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for skittishness in the English»Italian Dictionary

skittishness [Brit ˈskɪtɪʃnəs, Am ˈskɪdɪʃnəs] N

1. skittishness (difficulty to handle):

skittishness

capricciosità f

2. skittishness (playfulness):

skittishness

scherzosità f

Translations for skittishness in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ombrosità (di cavalli)

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Is there a benefit to all this skittishness?

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He immediately apologized for his previous skittishness.

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People have a skittishness about knowing if what they're doing editorially is resulting in more money or more subscribers.

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But then the stock started to decline and now has run into investor skittishness about the broader tech sector.

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The study found that when elementary school teachers, who are primarily female, displayed a high level of anxiety about math, that skittishness was transmitted to their female students.

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The skittishness among borrowers is being attributed in part to the expectation of a further lowering of interest rates.

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The skittishness of horses added a dangerous level of unpredictability to 19th-century transportation.

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For some of these states, such higher costs could be enough to push them into the bailout bin even if there is no additional investor skittishness.

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It's hard to blame individual investors for their growing skittishness toward stocks.

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It's as if he sees and hears himself through the animals' eyes and ears, feeling their childlike skittishness and fear.

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