Antonyms for self-assurance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-uh-shoo r-uh ns, self- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊər əns, ˌsɛlf- |
Definition of self-assurance
Origin :- 1590s, from self- + assurance.
- noun confidence
- Lafontaine had conviction and self-assurance, but his elocution was very bad for poetry.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "You too will suffer," said the old Raot, with self-assurance.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- I walked into the front office with a lot of self-assurance.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- There was an easy strength and self-assurance in her carriage.
- Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
- The street had given him his self-assurance, his ready tongue and his wit.
- Extract from : « Germinie Lacerteux » by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
- Who robbed you of your self-assurance and turned you into a dwarf?
- Extract from : « There are Crimes and Crimes » by August Strindberg
- She took this first blow to her self-assurance very wholesomely.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- That was meant for me—for me whom you had stripped of all courage and self-assurance.
- Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series » by August Strindberg
- What a contrast to the self-assurance of their bearing on the platform of the station!
- Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You, What is Art » by Lyof N. Tolstoi
- He had achieved no triumphs in any field which could give him self-assurance.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble
Synonyms for self-assurance
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