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diffident

/dif-i-duhnt/US // ˈdɪf ɪ dənt //UK // (ˈdɪfɪdənt) //

心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥

Related Words

sheepish怯懦的,胆小的,胆小如鼠,怯懦demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔self-effacing谦虚,谦虚谨慎,谦虚的,自谦bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩unassuming不起眼的,朴实无华,不起眼,朴实无华的timid怯懦,懦弱,怯懦的,胆怯self-conscious自觉的,自觉,自觉性,自觉地shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的unsure不确定,不确定的,不放心,没有把握backward向后,向后的,向后退,向后移动chary寒冰,寒冰冰coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩distrustful不信任,不信任的,不信任的人,不可靠doubtful怀疑,疑问,令人怀疑的,怀疑的dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的insecure不安全,不安全感,不安全的,不安全因素modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊mousy狡猾的,闷闷不乐,狡猾,狡猾的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
    • : restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
    • : Archaic. distrustful.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.hesitant; unconfident
Synonyms
bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔self-conscious自觉的,自觉,自觉性,自觉地self-effacing谦虚,谦虚谨慎,谦虚的,自谦sheepish怯懦的,胆小的,胆小如鼠,怯懦timid怯懦,懦弱,怯懦的,胆怯unassuming不起眼的,朴实无华,不起眼,朴实无华的shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的unsure不确定,不确定的,不放心,没有把握backward向后,向后的,向后退,向后移动chary寒冰,寒冰冰constrained受约束的,被约束的,拘束的,被限制的coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩distrustful不信任,不信任的,不信任的人,不可靠doubtful怀疑,疑问,令人怀疑的,怀疑的dubious暧昧的,暧昧不明的,暧昧不明,可疑的humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的insecure不安全,不安全感,不安全的,不安全因素modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊mousy狡猾的,闷闷不乐,狡猾,狡猾的人rabbity兔子,野兔,兔子的,小兔reluctant勉强,勉强的,不愿意的,勉为其难reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利retiring撤退,退休,撤退时,撤退的时候shrinking缩减,缩水,萎缩,收缩suspicious可疑的,可疑,多疑,多疑的timorous怯懦的,胆小的,怯懦,胆怯unassertive不善言辞的人,不善言辞,不自信,不自信的人unassured无保障,无保证,无担保,无保障的unobtrusive不显眼的,不起眼的,不显眼,不引人注意的unpoised不动产,不动摇,不动的,不动摇的withdrawn撤回的,撤销了,撤销的,已撤销

Examples

  • He was charming, diffident but above all very friendly, with no airs or graces.

  • Every study ever performed has shown that the fit and lean outlive the dumpy and diffident every time.

  • “I have a bit of a reputation as a grim reaper,” she says, with her typically diffident smile.

  • Obama seemed equally diffident in his East Room news conference last week.

  • And, on a global level, the usually diffident IMF is proposing that banks be subject to special punitive taxes.

  • And, incidentally, to encourage retiring and diffident lady interviewers.

  • He seemed diffident, but it was evident that he did not wish her to go, and once more she felt that he aroused her curiosity.

  • He reached out and touched my hand––a fleeting, diffident touch––and gently answered, “Ay, lad; your feet will stray.”

  • He pushed the diffident greenness back, and went whistling rudely across the lands.

  • If the tyrannous day of our fathers had but possessed the means of these our more diffident times!

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