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Meanings of diffidence in English

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inseguridad

Lack of self-confidence.

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      Usage of diffidence in English
      1
      There was some diffidence in Leila's expression, but not a great deal.
      The darkest road
      2
      She found it impossible to look her own diffidence in the face.
      Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
      3
      Rosa and I shook hands in silence, and with a little diffidence.
      The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
      4
      I was given a chair, but we were all overcome with diffidence.
      Between the Woods and the Water
      5
      But in his presence a wall of diffidence and timidity encompassed her.
      The Ragged Edge
      6
      It is offered without diffidence, because it is offered in perfect modesty.
      The Making Of A Novelist / An Experiment In Autobiography
      7
      I dropped into my natural self, a thing of shyness and diffidence.
      Tell England / A Study in a Generation
      8
      Hester suggested, with diffidence, that they would look pretty in the drawing-room.
      Red Pottage
      9
      His language was moderate; he bore himself reservedly, at moments with diffidence.
      Denzil Quarrier
      10
      He walked slowly and with sad diffidence by the deserted stockade fence.
      Openings in the Old Trail
      11
      He declined the honor, however, on account of diffidence and failing health.
      The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
      12
      It was terrible to feel so humble, so full of trembling diffidence.
      December Love
      13
      There was a strange expression in his grey eyes, not unlike diffidence.
      From the Housetops
      14
      Months since, with much doubt and diffidence, I began this simple story.
      Driven Back to Eden
      15
      With much diffidence he replied: 'I speak only of my own feeling.
      Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
      16
      So were his manner and bearing, whereof all the diffidence had gone.
      A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa
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