Diffident synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Diffident

• self-effacing

  shy, hesitant
• self-conscious

  shy, hesitant
• self-doubting

  insecure
• faint-hearted
• lily-livered
• lacking confidence
• ill at ease

  self-conscious
• self-deprecating
• weak-kneed
• strait-laced
• chicken-hearted
• yellow-bellied
• hanging back
• half-hearted
• out of countenance
• self conscious
• buttoned-up
• tight-lipped
• soft-spoken
• close-mouthed
• self-contained
• self-controlled
• self-restrained
• up in the air
• hanging by thread
• on thin ice
• touch and go
• goose-bumpy
• have cold feet
• in a dither
• running scared
• far-fetched
• fly-by-night
• paper tiger
• having the willies
• lacking courage
• no guts
• having cold feet
• shilly-shally
• not forward
• ill-at-ease
• fly by night
• aw-shucks

  shy
• down-to-earth
• chicken-livered
• low-key
• like a lamb to the slaughter
• easily frightened
• candy-assed
• inward-looking