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diffident

/ˈdɪfɪd(ə)nt/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɪfɪd(ə)nt/
diffident
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

dif - fi - dent -> diffident

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ရှက်တတ်သော။ကိုယ့်အစွမ်းအစ မယုံကြည်သော။

Full entry

diffident /'dÇfÇdǝnt/ adj

~ (about sth) မဝံ့မရဲဖြစ်သော။ တွန့်သော။ ရွံ့သော။
an able but diffident young student.
❏ diffidence /-dǝns/ n [U] မဝံ့မရဲဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ရွံ့ခြင်း။
She overcame her natural diffidence and spoke with great frankness. diffidently adv

Synonyms
shy, hesitant, insecure, timid, reticent, unobtrusive, reserved, self-effacing, retiring, quiet, backward, bashful, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, flinching, hesitant; unconfident, humble, meek, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, suspicious, timorous, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unpoised, unsure, withdrawn
Antonyms
aggressive, bold, brash, brave, confident, extroverted
Cross references
shyhesitantinsecuretimidreticentunobtrusivereservedself-effacingretiringquietbackwardbashfulblenchingcharyconstrainedcoydemuredistrustfuldoubtfuldubiousflinchinghesitant; unconfidenthumblemeekmodestmousyrabbityreluctant
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