Diffident

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. See Synonyms at shy1.
  • adj. Reserved in manner.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. : Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
  • adj. Lacking confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
  • adj. Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Distrustful; wanting confidence in another's power, will, or sincerity.
  • Distrustful of one's self; not confident; reserved; timid; shy: as, a diffident youth.
  • Synonyms Bashful, shamefaced, sheepish.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing modest reserve
  • adj. lacking self-confidence
    • Equivalent
    reserved   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    suspicious    distrustful    doubtful    lowly    reserved   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dismissive    halfhearted    deprecatory    hesitant    sheepish   
     
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