"diffident" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪfɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-diffident.wav Forms: more diffident [comparative], most diffident [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin diffīdentem, present participle of diffīdere (“to mistrust”). Doublet of defiant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|diffīdentem}} Latin diffīdentem, {{doublet|en|defiant}} Doublet of defiant Head templates: {{en-adj}} diffident (comparative more diffident, superlative most diffident)
  1. (archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful. Tags: archaic Translations (distrustful): wantrouwig (Dutch), argwanend (Dutch), epäluuloinen (Finnish), méfiant (French), misstrauisch (German), καχύποπτος (kachýpoptos) [masculine] (Greek), bizalmatlan (Hungarian), diffīdens (Latin), недоверчивый (nedoverčivyj) (Russian), скры́тный (skrýtnyj) (note: somewhat) (Russian), не̏поузда̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), не̏сигӯран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), неповјѐрљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅpouzdān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅsigūran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nepovjèrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), difidente [rare] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-diffident-en-adj-Rb5mUEC0 Disambiguation of 'distrustful': 97 3
  2. Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: timid, modest
    Sense id: en-diffident-en-adj-C3YFK18w Disambiguation of Personality: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diffidently, diffidentness, undiffident Translations (lacking confidence in oneself): неуверен (neuveren) (Bulgarian), tilbageholdende (Danish), som mangler selvtillid (Danish), beskeden (Danish), frygtsom (Danish), onzeker (Dutch), epävarma (Finnish), timide (French), schüchtern (German), unsicher (German), άτολμος (átolmos) [masculine] (Greek), σεμνός (semnós) [masculine] (Greek), ντροπαλός (ntropalós) (Greek), bátortalan (Hungarian), félénk (Hungarian), náireach (Irish), náiriúil (Irish), kōpipiri (Maori), harotu (Maori), ahaaha (Maori), beskjeden (Norwegian Bokmål), usikker (Norwegian Bokmål), tímido (Portuguese), inseguro (Portuguese), неуве́ренный в себе́ (neuvérennyj v sebé) (Russian), засте́нчивый (zasténčivyj) (Russian), ро́бкий (róbkij) (Russian), не̏сигӯран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), срамежљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅsigūran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sramežljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), apocado (Spanish), desconfiado (a) (Spanish), tímido (Spanish), difidente [rare] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'lacking confidence in oneself': 55 45
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      "word": "beskeden"
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "en:Personality"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "diffidently"
    },
    {
      "word": "diffidentness"
    },
    {
      "word": "undiffident"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin diffīdentem",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "defiant"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of defiant",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin diffīdentem, present participle of diffīdere (“to mistrust”). Doublet of defiant.",
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    {
      "form": "more diffident",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most diffident",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking confidence in others; distrustful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confidence",
          "confidence"
        ],
        [
          "distrustful",
          "distrustful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:",
          "text": "Having therefore—but hold, as we are diffident of our own abilities, let us here invite a superior power to our assistance.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 5:",
          "text": "Emma is spoiled by being the cleverest of her family. At ten years old, she had the misfortune of being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen. She was always quick and assured: Isabella slow and diffident.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:",
          "text": "At an early point in these exchanges I had started to sidle to the door, and I now sidled through it, rather like a diffident crab on some sandy beach trying to avoid the attentions of a child with a spade.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-confidence",
          "self-confidence"
        ],
        [
          "timid",
          "timid"
        ],
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "timid"
        },
        {
          "word": "modest"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfɪdənt/"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "wantrouwig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "argwanend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "epäluuloinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "méfiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "misstrauisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kachýpoptos",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καχύποπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "bizalmatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "diffīdens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedoverčivyj",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "недоверчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "somewhat",
      "roman": "skrýtnyj",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "word": "скры́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏поузда̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏сигӯран"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "неповјѐрљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅpouzdān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅsigūran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nepovjèrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distrustful",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "difidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neuveren",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "неуверен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "tilbageholdende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "som mangler selvtillid"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "beskeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "frygtsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "onzeker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "epävarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "timide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "schüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "unsicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "átolmos",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άτολμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "semnós",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σεμνός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntropalós",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "ντροπαλός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "bátortalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "félénk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "náireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "náiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "kōpipiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "harotu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "ahaaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "beskjeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "usikker"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "tímido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "inseguro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neuvérennyj v sebé",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "неуве́ренный в себе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasténčivyj",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "засте́нчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "róbkij",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "ро́бкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̏сигӯран"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "срамежљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȅsigūran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sramežljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "apocado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "desconfiado (a)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "word": "tímido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking confidence in oneself",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "difidente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diffident"
}

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