diffident
About 0.37 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
- adjective Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
Similar words
timid unsure shy reserved unconfident coy mistrustful nonconfident untrust underconfident
Often followed by
and of about in to as manner man young
Word family
diffidently
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