ADJECTIVE | all | diffident | showing modest reserve |
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all | diffident, shy, timid, unsure | lacking self-confidence |
Meaning | showing modest reserve. | |
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Example | "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture" | |
Broader | reserved | marked by self-restraint and reticence |
Spanish | discreto, reservado | |
Nouns | diffidence | lack of self-confidence |
Meaning | Lacking self-confidence. | |
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Example | "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed" | |
Synonyms | shy, timid, unsure | |
Attribute of | confidence | A feeling of trust (in someone or something) |
Opposite | confident | Having or marked by confidence or assurance |
Spanish | difidente, inseguro, tímido, vergonzoso | |
Catalan | insegur, tímid, vergonyós | |
Nouns | diffidence | lack of self-confidence |
Adverbs | diffidently | in a diffident manner |
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