Diffident
Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Doubting and diffident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Doubting" instead an adjective "Diffident".
Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently
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Related pairs
- dubious and diffident
- dubious and doubting
- halting and diffident
- halting and doubting
- uneasy and diffident
- uneasy and doubting
- doubtful and diffident
- doubtful and doubting
- hesitant and diffident
- hesitant and doubting
- reluctant and diffident
- reluctant and doubting
- chary and diffident
- chary and doubting
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Doubting and Diffident. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/diffident/doubting
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