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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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]
That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me
down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. --Donne.
2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of
self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
It is good to speak on such questions with
diffidence. --Macaulay.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
diffidence
n : lack of self-confidence [syn: self-doubt, self-distrust]
[ant: confidence]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
diffidence
n.
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or
self-effacement.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
diffidence
n.
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or
self-effacement.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
diffidence
n.
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or
self-effacement.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
diffidence
n.
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or
self-effacement.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
الخجل
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
diffidence //ˈdɪfɪdəns//
нерешителност, неувереност, стеснителност
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
rozpačitost
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
nesmělost
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
Schüchternheit , Scheu , Befangenheit , Verschämtheit , Zaghaftigkeit
Note: einer Person
Synonyms: shyness, bashfulness, coyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
nepouzdanost
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
1. félénkség
2. szerénység
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
diffidence /dˈɪfɪdəns/
1. çekinme, kaçınma, mahcubiyet, utangaçlık, çekingenlik.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 无自信,内向,羞怯;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 无自信,内向,羞怯
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