Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic] You were always extremely diffident of their success. Melmoth.
Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve. The diffident maidens, Folding their hands in prayer. Longfellow.
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