Antonyms for diffident

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dif-i-duhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪf ɪ dənt

Definition of diffident

Origin : mid-15c., from Latin diffidentem (nominative diffidens), present participle of diffidere (see diffidence). Related: Diffidently.

adj hesitant; unconfident

Example sentences :

The diffident took heart before him, and the presumptuous were checked.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

She spoke with diffident slowness, her gaze fastened upon her plate.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The tone of his voice, now soft and diffident, startled Hardy out of his dream.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

Barrington was the most diffident of men; his bashfulness amounted to actual pain.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

Edith, funny and diffident, now rose and addressed the class.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed

But you forget how diffident M. de Bois is, how distrustful of his own merits.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Denison, in a diffident manner, said that he had not exactly had much.
Extract from : « Rdan The Devil And Other Stories » by Louis Becke

It was so faint and diffident a knock, no wonder it passed unheeded.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

I shall say nothing of the miseries which embittered the life of the diffident boy.
Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith

In the matter of avowals the diffident never speak if they can write.
Extract from : « Apologia Diffidentis » by W. Compton Leith

Synonyms for diffident

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