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 Definitions of diffident  [ˈdɪf ɪ dənt]  

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Definition of 'diffident' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) diffident
lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.

2.  diffident
hesitant or tentative in manner; reserved.

3.  diffident
Archaic. distrustful.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME < L diffīdent-, s. of diffīdēns, prp. of diffīdere to lack confidence =dif-dif - +fīdere to trust (see faith ))

Definition of 'diffident' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) diffident
showing modest reserve
"she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"

2. (adj) diffident, shy, timid, unsure
lacking self-confidence
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
Definition of 'diffident' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) diffident
wanting confidence in others; distrustful

2. (adj) diffident
wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve
Translation of 'diffident' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: not confident.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beskroomd, halfhartig Arabic flag Arabic: عَديم الثِّقَه بِنَفْسِهِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неуверен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: inseguro Czech flag Czech: nesmělý, bázlivý German flag German: schüchtern
Danish flag Danish: usikker; sky Greek flag Greek: διστακτικός Spanish flag Spanish: inseguro
Estonian flag Estonian: ebakindel, tagasihoidlik Farsi flag Farsi: فاقد اعتماد به نفس Finnish flag Finnish: arka
French flag French: qui manque d'assurance Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲסַר בִּטָחוֹן עַצמִי Hindi flag Hindi: शंकालु, आत्मसंशयी
Croatian flag Croatian: plah, bez samopouzdanja Hungarian flag Hungarian: félénk Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak yakin
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óframfærinn Italian flag Italian: insicuro Japanese flag Japanese: 自信がない
Korean flag Korean: 자신이 없는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nepasitikintis savimi Latvian flag Latvian: nedrošs; bikls
Malay flag Malay: kurang keyakinan Dutch flag Dutch: verlegen Norwegian flag Norwegian: usikker, nølende, forknyt
Polish flag Polish: niepewny Persian flag Persian: فاقد اعتماد به نفس Pashto flag Pashto: پرځان ويسا نه لرنه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: inseguro Romanian flag Romanian: ne­­încrezător (în sine) Russian flag Russian: неуверенный в себе
Slovak flag Slovak: nesmelý Slovenian flag Slovenian: nezaupljiv Serbian flag Serbian: nesiguran
Swedish flag Swedish: försagd Thai flag Thai: ประหม่า Turkish flag Turkish: çekingen, pısırık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 缺乏自信的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: невпевнений в собі Urdu flag Urdu: خود اعتمادی سے محروم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thiếu tự tin Chinese flag Chinese: 缺乏自信的

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