Diffidence Mnemonic
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diffidence
diffidence
/ˈdɪfɪdəns/
Examples
- Sunday supplements were no place for diffident souls.
- He was diffident and unassuming, but ever ready to impart information.
- I have seen this and felt a bit diffident about it.
- Many historians have regarded him as indecisive and diffident.
- There was no looking back for the diffident widow from Kolhapur after that.
- His first response to Michaels, in January 1999, was astonishingly diffident.
- I'm diffident about contesting any judgment he makes.
- It appears that I'm being too diffident about my preference.
- Alison is a diffident young woman, easily intimidated by her domineering aunt.
- He was so slow and diffident that he feared for his legal career.
lack of self-confidence
noun
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"Dif + Fence. She's shy, like standing different, behind a fence."
"Dif + Fid + Fence. Doubting his leap, diffident deer didn't jump the fence."
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