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diffident a. 無自信的,客客氣氣的,羞怯的 無自信的,客客氣氣的,羞怯的 diffident adj 1: showing modest reserve; " she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor' s lecture" 2: lacking self- confidence; " stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; " problems that call for bold not timid responses"; " a very unsure young man" [ synonym: { diffident}, { shy}, { timid}, { unsure}] [ ant: { confident}] Diffident \ Dif" fi* dent\, a. [ L. diffidens, - entis, p. pr. of diffidere; dif- = dis fidere to trust; akin to fides faith. See { Faith}, and cf. { Defy}.] 1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] You were always extremely diffident of their success. -- Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Wanting confidence in one' s self; distrustful of one' s own powers; not self- reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve. [ 1913 Webster] The diffident maidens, Folding their hands in prayer. -- Longfellow. Syn: Distrustful; suspicious; hesitating; doubtful; modest; bashful; lowly; reserved. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " diffident": bashful, boggling, cautious, cowardly, coy, demure, demurring, deprecative, deprecatory, faltering, fearful, fearing, fearsome, goosy, hesitant, hesitating, in fear, jibbing, jumpy, modest, mousy, nervous, qualmish, rabbity, reluctant, retiring, scary, scrupling, scrupulous, self- deprecating, self- depreciating, self- depreciative, self- distrustful, self- doubting, self- effacing, shaky, shilly- shallying, shivery, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish, squeamish, startlish, sticking, stickling, straining, tentative, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger- happy, unassertive, unassured, unselfconfident, unselfreliant
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