Anxious and Diffident

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Anxious adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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Diffident and anxious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diffident" instead an adjective "Anxious".

Nearby Words: anxiety, anxiously

Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.

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Anxious and diffident are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anxious" instead an adjective "Diffident".

Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently

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