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单词 diffident
释义 diffident
 —diffidently,  adv.   —diffidentness,  n.  
 /dif"i deuhnt/,  adj.  
  1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
  2. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
  3.  Archaic.   distrustful.
 [1425-75; late ME < L diffident- (s. of diffidens mistrusting, despairing prp. of diffidere), equiv. to dif- DIF- + fid- trust + -ent- -ENT]
 Syn. 1. self-conscious, self-effacing, abashed, embarrassed, modest, unassuming, unconfident. See shy1.
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