Examples of 'diffident' in a sentence
Meaning of "diffident"
Diffident is an adjective used to describe someone who lacks confidence or is shy
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- Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
- Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
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Many of them have a diffident stage presence.
His humble descent makes him shy and diffident.
They were generally diffident with strangers.
Many historians have regarded him as indecisive and diffident.
People are becoming more diffident in nowadays.
They are diffident but they know how to press the button.
He grew to be sickly of health and diffident of temperament.
He was diffident by nature.
You are wrong to be overly diffident about this.
The Levriero is diffident towards strangers but very affectionate with its owner.
Meera was surprised at their diffident nature.
He was so slow and diffident that he feared for his legal career.
Do thou but thine and be not diffident of wisdom.
If we are weak and diffident we can help neither ourselves nor others.
Do thou but thin and be not diffident of wisdom.
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Diffident in the most seductive way, and yet.
I imagine them to have been diffident and sedate.
Diffident in the most seductive way, and yet powerful.
He is a little shy and diffident.
At first he seemed a little diffident and spoke in rather a low voice.
Not to be confused with diffident.
Under a lovers nails even the most diffident lady feels her body slowly charged with desire.
But he is still so wary so diffident.
Was altogether diffident of success.
No one likes pampered young ladies and diffident boys.
They are such diffident sorts at Google.
Maria is much more diffident.
We have no reason to feel diffident towards the Americans or anyone else.
The action plan for new legislation must be less diffident.
This preliminary draft is a little diffident and at times lacks realism.
He was earnest and dutiful, but he was diffident.
Here the comparison with maps of diffident scales no longer works.
He was diffident and unassuming, but ever ready to impart information.
They are all so diffident.
She 's becoming more diffident since you are being hard on her.
I am usually pretty diffident.
Questions are answered in a diffident manner, and the answers reluctantly accepted.
Its sheltered location provides calm waters encouraging even the most diffident swimmers to practice safely.
Alison is a diffident young woman, easily intimidated by her domineering aunt.
His tone was diffident.
The distinguished if diffident audience gave her full honours of a complete triumph ”.
Giraffes are diffident.
Diffident of his own powers, he was enthusiastic for the discoveries and ideas of others.
Many were diffident.
At such times, her manner should be sedate and diffident.
He is not diffident.
Basically, they are sociable animals, although they remain territorial and diffident.
In this game you play as a dark and diffident towards human spider.
Do not feel diffident about its veracity or importance, since you are just a layman.
He seems to have occasionally felt diffident about the quality of his own work.
