diffident

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. showing modest reserve (Freq. 1)
- she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture
• Similar to:
reserved
• Derivationally related forms:
diffidence
2. lacking self-confidence
- stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
- problems that call for bold not timid responses
- a very unsure young man
• Syn:
shy, timid, unsure
• Ant:
confident
• Derivationally related forms:
timidness (for: timid), shyness (for: shy), diffidence
• Attrubites:
confidence

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shy, timid, unsure