Antonyms for unassured

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-shoo rd, uh-shurd

Phonetic Transcription : əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd

Definition of unassured

Origin : of persons, "confident, self-assured," late 14c., past participle adjective from assure. Related: Assuredly; assuredness.

As in insecure : adj uncertain, worried
As in modest : adj shy
As in shy : adj quiet and self-conscious
As in timid : adj shy
As in undependable : adj irresponsible
As in unsure : adj doubtful, insecure
As in untrustworthy : adj not dependable, unfaithful
As in self-effacing : adj modest
As in demure : adj reserved, affected
As in diffident : adj hesitant; unconfident
As in dubious : adj doubtful

Example sentences :

Failure was instinct in her, in her faded colouring and eager, unassured manner.
Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane

When the answer came, it was strangely deprecatory, uncertain, unassured.
Extract from : « Vera » by Richard Harding Davis

If she were worth her salt she would have too much pride to be intimate with a youth in your unassured position, to say no worse.
Extract from : « Two on a Tower » by Thomas Hardy

The sun still shone in heaven, and still Edward's conquest was unassured.
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It recalled to her the ways of his pathetic youth, his youth that obscurity made wild and shy and unassured.
Extract from : « The Divine Fire » by May Sinclair

But the four infants who were left would be burden enough for the mother in her unassured and unprotected state.
Extract from : « Royal Edinburgh » by Margaret Oliphant

Synonyms for unassured

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