diffidence
n . 无自信,内向,羞怯
无自信,内向,羞怯
diffidence n 1 :
lack of self -
confidence [
synonym : {
diffidence }, {
self -
doubt },
{
self -
distrust }] [
ant : {
confidence }]
Diffidence \
Dif "
fi *
dence \,
n . [
L .
diffidentia .]
1 .
The state of being diffident ;
distrust ;
want of confidence ;
doubt of the power ,
ability ,
or disposition of others . [
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
That affliction grew heavy upon me ,
and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God '
s mercy . --
Donne .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Distrust of one '
s self or one '
s own powers ;
lack of self -
reliance ;
modesty ;
modest reserve ;
bashfulness .
[
1913 Webster ]
It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
An Englishman '
s habitual diffidence and awkwardness of address . --
W .
Irving .
Syn :
Humility ;
bashfulness ;
distrust ;
suspicion ;
doubt ;
fear ;
timidity ;
apprehension ;
hesitation .
See {
Humility },
and {
Bashfulness }.
[
1913 Webster ]
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
diffidence ":
Pyrrhonism ,
afraidness ,
apprehension ,
bashfulness ,
boggle ,
boggling ,
caution ,
cautiousness ,
compunction ,
demur ,
demurral ,
distrust ,
distrustfulness ,
doubt ,
doubtfulness ,
dubiety ,
dubiousness ,
falter ,
faltering ,
fearfulness ,
half -
belief ,
hesitance ,
hesitancy ,
hesitating ,
hesitation ,
jumpiness ,
lack of self -
confidence ,
lack of self -
reliance ,
leeriness ,
misdoubt ,
misgiving ,
mistrust ,
mistrustfulness ,
modesty ,
objection ,
pause ,
protest ,
qualm ,
qualm of conscience ,
qualmishness ,
question ,
recoil ,
scruple ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
self -
depreciation ,
self -
detraction ,
self -
distrust ,
self -
doubt ,
self -
effacement ,
shadow of doubt ,
shilly -
shally ,
shilly -
shallying ,
shrinking ,
shrinkingness ,
shyness ,
skepticalness ,
skepticism ,
skittishness ,
stage fright ,
startlishness ,
stickling ,
suspicion ,
suspiciousness ,
tentativeness ,
timidity ,
timorousness ,
total skepticism ,
uncertainty ,
wariness ,
weak ego
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