diffident
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
showing modest reserve
she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture
Related & opposite
- diffidence derivation
- reserved similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking self-confidence
stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
Related & opposite
- confident antonym
- confidence attribute
- timidity derivation
- shyness derivation
- diffidence derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffidence |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | reserved |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | confident |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | confidence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | timidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shyness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffidence |