All 5 Uses of
diffident
in
Rebecca
- At any rate I have lost my diffidence, my timidity, my shyness with strangers.†
Chpt 2
- I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy, and diffident.†
Chpt 7
- My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside.
Chpt 19 *diffidence = hesitancy and unassertiveness due to a lack of self-confidence
- Beatrice, and her rather diffident negative attitude.†
Chpt 20
- His voice was diffident, careless, but his face was still grey.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence