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Synonyms for diffident
adj hesitant; unconfidentAntonyms for diffident
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
bashful
adjective. shy
cowardly
adjective. fearful
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- paper tiger
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
coy
adjective. very modest
demure
adjective. reserved, affected
dubious
adjective. doubtful
- arguable
- chancy
- debatable
- diffident
- disputable
- dubitable
- equivocal
- far-fetched
- fishy
- fly-by-night
- hesitant
- iffy
- improbable
- indecisive
- moot
- mootable
- open
- perplexed
- problematic
- questionable
- reluctant
- shady
- skeptical
- suspect
- suspicious
- touch and go
- trustless
- unassured
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconvinced
- undecided
- undependable
- unlikely
- unreliable
- unsure
- untrustworthy
- untrusty
- wavering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.