When to Use Diffident?

When to Use Diffident?

Diffident in a Sentence ?
  1. Because she felt unattractive, Mary was diffident and kept to herself at parties.
  2. Although he graduated in the top ten percent of his class, Jules is still diffident about his own intelligence.
  3. Even though everyone told her she was beautiful, the diffident actress still believed she was ugly.

How do you use diffident in a sentence?

Diffident sentence example
  1. Princess Mary seemed even quieter and more diffident than usual. ...
  2. Richard sailed to England but was too diffident to visit his father's relatives. ...
  3. Knows better, and is not diffident about saying so.

What does it mean when someone is diffident?

1 : hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence. 2 : reserved, unassertive.

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