Usually means: Lacking confidence in one's self.
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  1. diffident: Merriam-Webster
  2. diffident: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diffident: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diffident: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. diffident: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diffident: Wiktionary
  9. diffident: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diffident: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Diffident, diffident: Dictionary.com
  13. Diffident: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Diffident: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. diffident: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. diffident: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. diffident: FreeDictionary.org
  20. diffident: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. diffident: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. diffident: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. diffident: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
▸ adjective:  Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest

Similar:
timid, shy, reserved, unsure, unconfident, mistrustful, nonconfident, untrust, underconfident, bashful, more...

Opposite:
confident, bold, self-assured, cocksure

Types:
shy, timid, reserved, unassertive, unaggressive, unobtrusive, unassuming, self-effacing, more...

Adjectives:
little, first, more, same, general, humble, whole

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Similar:
timid, shy, reserved, unsure, unconfident, mistrustful, nonconfident, untrust, underconfident, bashful, more...

Opposite:
confident, bold, self-assured, cocksure

Types:
shy, timid, reserved, unassertive, unaggressive, unobtrusive, unassuming, self-effacing, more...

Adjectives:
little, first, more, same, general, humble, whole

Colors:
    pale blue,     muted lavender,     dusty rose,     pastel green,     subtle taupe, more...



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