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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to diffidence:   (129 results)

Antonyms:
confidence

Often used in the same context:
bashfulness, haughtiness, imperiousness, reticence, timidity, superciliousness, shyness, aloofness, taciturnity, prickliness, insouciance, sheepishness, smugness, ambivalence, sullenness, peevishness, hauteur, nonchalance, cussedness, naivety, pompousness, obtuseness, tetchiness, resentfulness, lugubriousness, ruefulness, gregariousness, introversion, awkwardness, sanguinity, inarticulateness, incredulousness, boastfulness, felicity, contrariness, arrogance, priggishness, irascibility, defensiveness, facetiousness, callowness, cynicism, ingenuousness, acerbity, jadedness, snobbishness, garrulousness, tactlessness, earnestness, servility, inscrutability, insularity, presumptuousness, uptightness, condescension, chirpiness, ineffectuality, naivete, imperturbability, impishness, meekness, stubbornness, fatalism, neurosis, ungainliness, flightiness, worldliness, egocentricity, glibness, fastidiousness, affability, bonhomie, impetuosity, pusillanimity, inwardness, articulateness, bookishness, hubris, coyness, egotism, churlishness, perplexity, pugnacity, foreignness, grumpiness, unorthodoxy, effeminacy, irrepressibility, cockiness, geniality, wryness, daintiness, grandiloquence, cantankerousness, punctiliousness, equanimity, canniness, obsequiousness, dubiousness, pomposity, animality, discomfiture, hesitancy, reluctance, modesty, fondness, repugnance, hesitation, amiability, deference, eagerness, harshness, humility, liking, trepidation, cordiality, delicacy

More specific:
hesitance, hesitancy, unassertiveness

Appears in the definition of:
hesitance, hesitancy, unassertiveness

More general:
timidity, timidness, timorousness

Synonyms:
self-distrust, self-doubt

Also try:
— Adjectives for diffidence: great, much, natural, certain, extreme, considerable, modest, own, greatest, utmost, more, more...

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