About The Word Diffident
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Diffident
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What's The Definition Of Diffident?
[adj] lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
[adj] showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture" Synonyms | Synonyms for Diffident: reserved | shy | timid | unconfident | unsure Related Terms | Find terms related to Diffident: bashful | boggling | cautious | cowardly | coy | demure | demurring | deprecative | deprecatory | faltering | fearful | fearing | fearsome | goosy | hesitant | hesitating | in fear | jibbing | jumpy | modest | mousy | nervous | qualmish | rabbity | reluctant | retiring | scary | scrupling | scrupulous | self-deprecating | self-depreciating | self-depreciative | self-distrustful | self-doubting | self-effacing | shaky | shilly-shallying | shivery | shrinking | shy | skittery | skittish | squeamish | startlish | sticking | stickling | straining | tentative | timid | timorous | trembling | tremulous | trepidant | trigger-happy | unassertive | unassured | unselfconfident | unselfreliant See Also | Diffident In Webster's Dictionary \Dif"fi*dent\, a. [L. diffidens, -entis, p. pr. of
diffidere; dif- = dis + fidere to trust; akin to fides faith.
See {Faith}, and cf. {Defy}.]
1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic]
You were always extremely diffident of their
success. --Melmoth.
2. Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own
powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful;
characterized by modest reserve.
The diffident maidens, Folding their hands in
prayer. --Longfellow.
Syn: Distrustful; suspicious; hesitating; doubtful; modest;
bashful; lowly; reserved.
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