diffident
a . 无自信的,客客气气的,羞怯的
无自信的,客客气气的,羞怯的
diffident adj 1 :
showing modest reserve ; "
she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor '
s lecture "
2 :
lacking self -
confidence ; "
stood in the doorway diffident and abashed "; "
problems that call for bold not timid responses ";
"
a very unsure young man " [
synonym : {
diffident }, {
shy }, {
timid },
{
unsure }] [
ant : {
confident }]
Diffident \
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 ]
[
1913 Webster ]
You were always extremely diffident of their success . --
Melmoth .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Wanting confidence in one '
s self ;
distrustful of one '
s own powers ;
not self -
reliant ;
timid ;
modest ;
bashful ;
characterized by modest reserve .
[
1913 Webster ]
The diffident maidens ,
Folding their hands in prayer . --
Longfellow .
Syn :
Distrustful ;
suspicious ;
hesitating ;
doubtful ;
modest ;
bashful ;
lowly ;
reserved .
[
1913 Webster ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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
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