self-distrust

[ self-dis-truhst, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf dɪsˈtrʌst, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.

Origin of self-distrust

First recorded in 1780–90

OTHER WORDS FROM self-distrust

self-dis·trust·ful, adjectiveself-dis·trust·ing, adjective

Words nearby self-distrust

self-devotion, self-diagnosis, self-directed, self-discipline, self-dissociation, self-distrust, selfdom, self-doubt, self-dramatizing, self-drive, self-driven

Example sentences from the Web for self-distrust

There is no trust without, complementary to it, self-distrust.
Expositions of Holy Scripture|Alexander Maclaren
Those friends of his, of whom he was in nowise worthy, made the burden of his self-distrust doubly heavy.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
She felt that he was the stronger of the two, and such a scene as the last inspired her with a kind of self-distrust.
Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2|Edward Frederic Benson
His hour of doubt, of self-distrust, of compunction, was whirled away like an uprooted tree on the flood of his happiness.
Snow-Blind|Katharine Newlin Burt

When he lay down to sleep he made an amazing discovery—that his own horror and fear and self-distrust had entirely passed away.
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land|Ralph Connor

单词	self-distrust
释义	self-distrust [ self-dis-truhst, self- ] / ˈsɛlf dɪsˈtrʌst, ˌsɛlf- / noun lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc. Origin of self-distrust First recorded in 1780–90 OTHER WORDS FROM self-distrust self-dis·trust·ful, adjectiveself-dis·trust·ing, adjective Words nearby self-distrust self-devotion, self-diagnosis, self-directed, self-discipline, self-dissociation, self-distrust, selfdom, self-doubt, self-dramatizing, self-drive, self-driven Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-distrust There is no trust without, complementary to it, self-distrust. Expositions of Holy Scripture\|Alexander Maclaren Those friends of his, of whom he was in nowise worthy, made the burden of his self-distrust doubly heavy. The Half-Hearted\|John Buchan She felt that he was the stronger of the two, and such a scene as the last inspired her with a kind of self-distrust. Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2\|Edward Frederic Benson His hour of doubt, of self-distrust, of compunction, was whirled away like an uprooted tree on the flood of his happiness. Snow-Blind\|Katharine Newlin Burt When he lay down to sleep he made an amazing discovery—that his own horror and fear and self-distrust had entirely passed away. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land\|Ralph Connor
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