diffident

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking confidence in others; distrustful. archaic
  2. Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
    — Having therefore—but hold, as we are diffident of our own abilities, let us here invite a superior power to our assistance.

词形变化

more diffident comparative most diffident superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
diffidently diffidentness undiffident

词源

From Latin diffīdentem, present participle of diffīdere (“to mistrust”). Doublet of defiant.
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