to be (very) insecure

  • 1insecure — in|se|cure [ ,ınsə kjur ] adjective 1. ) not confident about yourself: Jerry felt very insecure when he started at his new school. insecure about: She s always been very insecure about the way she looks. 2. ) capable of being lost or taken from… …

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  • 2insecure — UK [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə(r)] / US [ˌɪnsəˈkjʊr] adjective 1) not confident about yourself Jerry felt very insecure when he started at his new school. insecure about: She s always been very insecure about the way she looks. 2) capable of being lost or taken… …

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  • 3insecure — adjective 1 not feeling at all confident about yourself, your abilities, your relationships etc: I d only just started at university and I still felt very shy and insecure. 2 a job, investment etc that is insecure does not give you a feeling of… …

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  • 4insecure — in|se|cure [ˌınsıˈkjuə US ˈkjur] adj 1.) not feeling at all confident about yourself, your abilities, or your relationships with people insecure about ▪ She s very insecure about her appearance. ▪ She felt lonely and insecure away from her family …

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  • 5insecure — [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə] adj 1) not confident about yourself She s always been very insecure about the way she looks.[/ex] 2) not safe or protected In this economy, all our jobs are insecure.[/ex] insecurity [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərəti] noun [C/U] …

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  • 6insecure — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, grow ▪ remain ADVERB …

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  • 7very — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Very is used with these nouns: ↑antithesis, ↑brink, ↑centre, ↑core, ↑corner, ↑day, ↑edge, ↑end, ↑essence, ↑existence, ↑fundamentals, ↑ …

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  • 8The Very Best of Soft Cell — Infobox Album Name = The Very Best of Soft Cell Type = compilation Longtype = Artist = Soft Cell Released = April 16, 2002 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = Label = Universal Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …

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  • 9A Very Woman — A Very Woman, or The Prince of Tarent is an early seventeenth century stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1655, fifteen and thirty years after the deaths of its authors.DateScholars… …

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  • 10Luann (comic strip) — Infobox comic strip title = Luann caption = Characters from left to right Tiffany Farrell, Aaron Hill, Gunther Berger, Delta James, Bernice Halper, Luann DeGroot, Nancy DeGroot, Frank DeGroot, Brad DeGroot, Knute, Crystal and Puddles author =… …

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