What is the meaning of diffident?

adjective

  • Showing modest reserve.
    • usage: "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
  • Lacking self-confidence.
    • usage: "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
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