diffident
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
timid; lacking self-confidence; shyPart of speech:
Adjectivemore diffident; most diffident; less diffident; least diffident
Example sentences with this word:
He seemed overly diffident to his boss at his promotion party.
He was diffident, seemingly vague, declaring a lack of knowledge and ignorance of education and of teaching, and that he knew only what he had learned through his own work as a painter.
The director is looking for a self-assured actor, not a diffident one.
Her diffident sister couldn't work up the courage to ask for the sale.
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