Tom is such a diffident man. He seems to have quite low self-esteem.
Source: tatoeba (4084613)
Diffident
//ˈdɪfɪdənt//
Synonyms for "diffident" (72 found)
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Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неуверен adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Danish
4 entries- beskeden adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- frygtsom adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- som mangler selvtillid adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- tilbageholdende adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Dutch
3 entries- argwanend adj (distrustful)
- onzeker adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- wantrouwig adj (distrustful)
Finnish
2 entries- epäluuloinen adj (distrustful)
- epävarma adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
French
2 entries- méfiant adj (distrustful)
- timide adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
German
3 entries- misstrauisch adj (distrustful)
- schüchtern adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- unsicher adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Greek
4 entries- άτολμος adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- καχύποπτος adj (distrustful)
- ντροπαλός adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- σεμνός adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Hungarian
3 entries- bizalmatlan adj (distrustful)
- bátortalan adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- félénk adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Irish
2 entries- náireach adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- náiriúil adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Latin
1 entries- diffīdens adj (distrustful)
Māori
3 entries- ahaaha adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- harotu adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- kōpipiri adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- beskjeden adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- mistroisk adj (distrustful)
- usikker adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Portuguese
2 entries- inseguro adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- tímido adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Russian
4 entries- засте́нчивый adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- недоверчивый adj (distrustful)
- неуве́ренный в себе́ adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- ро́бкий adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nepovjèrljiv adj (distrustful)
- nȅpouzdān adj (distrustful)
- nȅsigūran adj (distrustful)
- nȅsigūran adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Spanish
4 entries- apocado adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- desconfiado adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
- difidente adj (distrustful)
- difidente adj (lacking confidence in oneself)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Being of a diffident nature, he preferred private practice to appearing in the lecture hall.
Source: tatoeba (10781045)
Speak out, don't be diffident.
Source: tatoeba (11147877)
Having therefore—but hold, as we are diffident of our own abilities, let us here invite a superior power to our assistance.
Source: wiktionary
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