She felt insecure about her children's future.
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Insecure
//ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "insecure" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- несигурен adj (not secure)
- несигурен adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- опасен adj (not secure)
Catalan
2 entries- insegur adj (not secure)
- insegur adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不安全的 adj (not secure)
Czech
1 entries- nejistý adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Danish
3 entries- usikker adj (not secure)
- usikker adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- utryg adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Dutch
2 entries- onbeveiligd adj (not secure)
- onzeker adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Finnish
4 entries- epäluotettava adj (not secure)
- epävarma adj (not secure)
- epävarma adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- turvaton adj (not secure)
French
3 entries- inconfortable adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- inquiet adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- insécurisé adj (not secure)
German
2 entries- nicht sicher adj (not secure)
- unsicher adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Greek
2 entries- ανασφαλής adj (not secure)
- ανασφαλής adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- anksyeu adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Hindi
2 entries- असुरक्षित adj (not secure)
- असुरक्षित adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Icelandic
1 entries- óöruggur adj (not secure)
Indonesian
2 entries- minder adj (not secure)
- rendah diri adj (not secure)
Italian
2 entries- insicuro adj (not secure)
- malsicuro adj (not secure)
Macedonian
3 entries- неси́гурен adj (not secure)
- неси́гурен adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- о́пасен adj (not secure)
Māori
3 entries- mātangatanga adj (not secure)
- pānekeneke adj (not secure)
- tītengi adj (not secure)
Polish
3 entries- niepewny adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- niepewny siebie adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- niezabezpieczony adj (not secure)
Portuguese
2 entries- inseguro adj (not secure)
- inseguro adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Russian
4 entries- небезопа́сный adj (not secure)
- ненадёжный adj (not secure)
- неуве́ренный adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
- опа́сный adj (not secure)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nesiguran adj (not secure)
- nesiguran adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Spanish
3 entries- en globo adj (not secure)
- inseguro adj (not secure)
- inseguro adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Swedish
2 entries- osäker adj (not secure)
- otrygg adj (not comfortable in certain situations)
Turkish
3 entries- emniyetsiz adj (not secure)
- güvensiz adj (not secure)
- tehlikede adj (not secure)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
She felt insecure about her future.
Source: tatoeba (314688)
His short stature makes him feel insecure.
Source: tatoeba (671976)
If Tom hadn't been so insecure, he could probably have accepted Mary's love.
Source: tatoeba (1087160)
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