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Showing words for DIFFIDENT using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Diffident

diffident

8 Letter Words for Diffident

tiffined

7 Letter Words for Diffident

diffide, indited

6 Letter Words for Diffident

didine, dinted, finite, indite, infeft, niffed, tidied, tidife, tiffed, tiffie, tiffin, tinded, tineid

5 Letter Words for Diffident

dedit, detin, didie, didnt, dined, dited, feint, fetid, fiend, fient, fifed, fifie, fined, ident, idite, ifint, indef, indie, infit, nided, nitid, teiid, teind, tided, tined

4 Letter Words for Diffident

defi, deft, deid, deni, dent, detd, deti, detn, didn, died, diet, diff, dine, dint, dite, edit, fedn, feif, fend, feni, fent, fide, fied, fief, fife, find, fine, fini, inde, init, inti, neif, neti, nide, nidi, nied, nief, nife, niff, teff, tend, tide, tidi, tied, tien, tiff, tind, tine

3 Letter Words for Diffident

ddt, ded, def, dei, den, det, dft, did, die, dif, din, dit, dtd, edd, eff, eft, end, fed, fei, fen, fet, fid, fie, fin, fit, ide, ife, iff, ind, inf, int, itd, ned, nef, nei, net, nid, nie, nit, ted, tef, ten, tid, tie, tin

Definitions for Diffident

[1] lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
[2] restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
[3] Archaic . distrustful.
[4] lacking self-confidence; timid; shy

Words related to Diffident

sheepish, demure, meek, self-effacing, bashful, unassuming, timid, self-conscious, shy, unsure, backward, chary, coy, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, modest, mousy

Words nearby Diffident

differentiator, difficile, difficult, difficulty, diffidence, diffident, diffluence, diffluent, difflugia, diffract, diffraction

Origin of Diffident

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin diffīdent- (stem of diffīdēns mistrusting, despairing, present participle of diffīdere ), equivalent to dif- dif- + fīd- trust + -ent- -ent

Other words from Diffident

dif·fi·dent·ly , adverb
dif·fi·dent·ness , noun
non·dif·fi·dent , adjective
non·dif·fi·dent·ly , adverb
un·dif·fi·dent , adjective
un·dif·fi·dent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Diffident

C15: from Latin diffīdere to distrust, from dis- not + fīdere to trust

Synonyms for Diffident

bashful, demure, meek, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, timid, unassuming, shy, unsure, backward, blenching, chary, constrained, coy, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, flinching, humble, insecure, modest, mousy, rabbity, reluctant, reserved, retiring, shrinking, suspicious, timorous, unassertive, unassured, unobtrusive, unpoised, withdrawn