Diffident
Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Repressed and diffident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repressed" instead an adjective "Diffident".
Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unobtrusive and diffident
- unobtrusive and repressed
- reserved and diffident
- reserved and repressed
- constrained and diffident
- constrained and repressed
- quiet and diffident
- quiet and repressed
- restrained and diffident
- restrained and repressed
- shy and diffident
- shy and repressed
- reticent and diffident
- reticent and repressed
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Repressed and Diffident. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/diffident/repressed
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