SkyfireDict

diffident   (TTS Sound)

The adj diffident has 2 senses

• diffident -- (showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture")


• diffident, shy, timid, unsure -- (lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man")