Bigheaded and Diffident

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Bigheaded adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.

Usage example: she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award

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Diffident is an antonym for bigheaded.

Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.

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Bigheaded is an antonym for diffident.

Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently

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Diffident and Bigheaded. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bigheaded/diffident

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