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[ dif -i-duh ns ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɪf ɪ dəns / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the quality or state of being diffident.
Origin of diffidence 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin diffīdentia mistrust, want of confidence. See diffident, -ence
OTHER WORDS FROM diffidence non·dif·fi·dence, noun Words nearby diffidence differently, different strokes for different folks, difficile, difficult, difficulty, diffidence , diffident, diffluence, diffluent, Difflugia, diffract
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Example sentences from the Web for diffidence She thought it was diffidence that made Andy Green hesitate perceptibly before he took it.
The Flying U's Last Stand | B. M. Bower
His host shook hands with him, and then leaned back in a chair, waiting for him to speak, which he did with a trace of diffidence .
The Greater Power | Harold Bindloss
Had he been taken with a fit of diffidence , and been less precipitate than he intended?
Hopes and Fears | Charlotte M. Yonge
"I am afraid in a measure it is," she replied, but with some diffidence .
The Childerbridge Mystery | Guy Boothby
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Words related to diffidence constraint, modesty, hesitation, backwardness, timidity, insecurity, meekness, reluctance, shyness, doubt, humility, bashfulness, fear, timidness, reserve, unassertiveness, timorousness, self-consciousness, sheepishness, mousiness