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| Diffidency | n. See Diffidence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Diffidence | n. [ L. diffidentia. ] 1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness. [ 1913 Webster ] It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness of address. W. Irving. Syn. -- Humility; bashfulness; distrust; suspicion; doubt; fear; timidity; apprehension; hesitation. See Humility, and Bashfulness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | diffidence | (ดิฟ'ฟิเดินซฺ) n. ความประหม่า, ความไม่มั่นใจตัวเอง, Syn. shyness |
| | diffidence | (n) ความไม่เชื่อมั่นในตนเอง, ความขวยเขิน, ความประหม่า, ความขี้อาย |
| | | | Diffidence | n. [ L. diffidentia. ] 1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness. [ 1913 Webster ] It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness of address. W. Irving. Syn. -- Humility; bashfulness; distrust; suspicion; doubt; fear; timidity; apprehension; hesitation. See Humility, and Bashfulness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 遠慮 | [えんりょ, enryo] (adj-na, n, vs) diffidence; restraint; reserve; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness; (P) #6,658 [Add to Longdo] | | 引け | [ひけ, hike] (n) leave; defeat; diffidence; closing price (stock market) [Add to Longdo] | | 気兼ね | [きがね, kigane] (adj-na, n, vs) hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 心後れ | [こころおくれ, kokorookure] (n, vs) diffidence; timidity [Add to Longdo] | | 怖ず怖ず | [おずおず, ozuozu] (adv-to) (uk) timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear [Add to Longdo] |
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