Diffidence

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  • noun. The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Distrust; want of confidence in regard to anything; doubt of the ability or disposition of others.
  • noun. More especially, distrust of one's self; want of confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; retiring disposition; modest reserve; shyness.
  • noun. Synonyms Modesty, Shyness, etc. (see bashfulness), fear, timidity, hesitation, apprehension.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.
  • noun. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
  • noun. Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. lack of self-confidence
    • Word Usage
    "Some were put off by what they termed his diffidence, his driving ambition and perfectionism."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    timidity  timidness  timorousness  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    hesitance  hesitancy  unassertiveness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    awkwardness  bashfulness  cordiality  coyness  deference  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Pyrrhonism  afraidness  apprehension  apprehension  bashfulness  
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