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diffidence n. 无自信,内向,羞怯 无自信,内向,羞怯 diffidence n 1: lack of self- confidence [ synonym: { diffidence}, { self- doubt}, { self- distrust}] [ ant: { confidence}] 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] 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
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