Raphael –
It is certainly possible. Middos are called middos – measures, because we have to have the right amount of each one. There are those who explain similarly by Aharon Hacohen that when b’nei yisrael wanted to make the eigel, he was too much of an oheiv shalom and did not stand up to them.
Nevertheless, Chazal praise Shaul for his tznius and tell us that it was because of his tznius that he merited to have Esther hamalka descend from him.