diffident
IPA: dˈɪfʌdʌnt
adjective
- (archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
- Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
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Examples of "diffident" in Sentences
- I have seen this and felt a bit diffident about it.
- Sunday supplements were no place for diffident souls.
- I'm diffident about contesting any judgment he makes.
- It appears that I'm being too diffident about my preference.
- Many historians have regarded him as indecisive and diffident.
- He was so slow and diffident that he feared for his legal career.
- He was diffident and unassuming, but ever ready to impart information.
- There was no looking back for the diffident widow from Kolhapur after that.
- His first response to Michaels, in January 1999, was astonishingly diffident.
- Alison is a diffident young woman, easily intimidated by her domineering aunt.
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