Diffident
Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Dismayed and diffident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dismayed" instead an adjective "Diffident".
Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently
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Related pairs
- cowardly and diffident
- cowardly and dismayed
- nervous and diffident
- nervous and dismayed
- uneasy and diffident
- uneasy and dismayed
- anxious and diffident
- anxious and dismayed
- fearful and diffident
- fearful and dismayed
- worried and diffident
- worried and dismayed
- apprehensive and diffident
- apprehensive and dismayed
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Dismayed and Diffident. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/diffident/dismayed
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