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diffident

British pronunciation/dˈɪfɪdənt/
American pronunciation/dˈɪfɪdənt/
diffident
[ADJECTIVE]
1

shy due to lack of self-confidence

synonyms : shy
timid
unsure
antonyms : confident
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diffident definition and meaning
2

showing modest reserve

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Examples
1J. Alfred Prufrock, this figure of extraordinary indecisiveness and indeterminate will, someone who's diffident.
2To say that I am diffident about telling a distinguished Radcliffe audience what I make of Radcliffe's history is a significant understatement.
3One of the things that separates confident from diffident people is their approach to history.
4and they do a thing where after its assembled a diffident ABS glue to kind of set the whole thing right
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