Antonyms for self-assured

Grammar : Adj

Spell : self-uh-shoord

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊərd

Definition of self-assured

Origin : 1711, from self- + assured.

adj self-confident

Example sentences :

He was convinced of it now, and he had never been more happy or self-assured.
Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse

To most of us he seemed too self-assertive, too self-assured.
Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller

And he seemed to become again an important, self-assured man.
Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

And she knew so much, so self-assured, and not yet nineteen.
Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy

They are bold and self-assured, when they are in the right; but uneasy, when they know they are wrong.
Extract from : « The Basis of Morality » by Arthur Schopenhauer

There he stood, probably as handsome, as fascinating as ever, certainly as self-assured.
Extract from : « The Deluge » by David Graham Phillips

In some ways, she was the most beautiful of all of them, the most self-assured and poised.
Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow

She was the mistress, quiet and self-assured, he her rejoiced husband and servant.
Extract from : « The White Peacock » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

He was stung by her assumption that he could be so self-assured.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

Never had I known Henry James so radiant, so cheerful or so self-assured.
Extract from : « Aspects and Impressions » by Edmund Gosse

Synonyms for self-assured

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