diffident
[adjective]
Synonyms: shy, bashful, doubtful, hesitant, insecure, modest, reserved, self-conscious, timid, unassertive, unassuming

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Antonyms: confident
Contrasted words: assured, presumptuous, sanguine, sure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, self-reliant, brazen, impudent, shameless
Related Words: blenching, flinching, shrinking, hesitant, reluctant

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dif‧fi‧dent /ˈdɪfədənt, ˈdɪfɪdənt/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of diffidere 'to distrust', from fidere 'to trust']
shy and not wanting to make people notice you or talk about you
diffident manner/smile/voice etc
diffident about
He was diffident about his own success.
—diffidently adverb
—diffidence noun [uncountable]

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