Synonyms for diffident
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dif-i-duhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ɪ dənt |
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Définition of diffident
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin diffidentem (nominative diffidens), present participle of diffidere (see diffidence). Related: Diffidently.
- adj hesitant; unconfident
- The diffident took heart before him, and the presumptuous were checked.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- She spoke with diffident slowness, her gaze fastened upon her plate.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- The tone of his voice, now soft and diffident, startled Hardy out of his dream.
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
- Barrington was the most diffident of men; his bashfulness amounted to actual pain.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- Edith, funny and diffident, now rose and addressed the class.
- Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
- But you forget how diffident M. de Bois is, how distrustful of his own merits.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Denison, in a diffident manner, said that he had not exactly had much.
- Extract from : « Rdan The Devil And Other Stories » by Louis Becke
- It was so faint and diffident a knock, no wonder it passed unheeded.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- I shall say nothing of the miseries which embittered the life of the diffident boy.
- Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith
- In the matter of avowals the diffident never speak if they can write.
- Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith
Antonyms for diffident
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