Diffident

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Diffident

• By Emilie Chen

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Definition and Parts of Speech

• Diffident is an adjective
• It means lacking confidence quiet and shy
• PronouncedDIF uh dent
• Adverb diffidently
• Noun diffidence

This little boy displays diffidence because he is
hiding behind his mother.
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Sample Sentences

• Sometimes I am a very diffident person,
  especially when I am with people I dont know
  well.
• Diffidence is usually not a trait that people
  like to have most people who have it would like
  to be more assertive.
• Mary, a diffident person, quietly read her report
  to the class.

Piglet is the most diffident animal in the Winnie
the Pooh books because he does not have any
self-confidence.
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Synonyms
This girl is diffident because she is timid and
is afraid to come out from behind her parent.

• Meek
• Modest
• Shy
• Timid
• Timorous

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Antonyms

• Assertive
• Bold
• Confident
• Self-confident
• Outgoing

This girl is the opposite of diffident because
she is self-confident.
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