Synonyms of diffident

1 Syllable

shyer, shier, coyest, meek, shy, shyest, coyer, coy

2 Syllables

flinching, mousier, humble, dubious, withdrawn, humblest, modest, fearful, blushful, timid, sheepish, backward, humbler, doubtful, blenching, shrinking, bashful, chary, stoical, mousy

3 Syllables

unsocial, cowardly, reserved, demurer, verecund, retiring, unsure, unpoised, constrained, aflutter, rabbity, demure, hesitant, reluctant, unboastful, cowhearted, suspicious, self-conscious, ill-at-ease, timorous, vacillant, distrustful

4 Syllables

unaroused, unimpressed, self-controlled, self-restrained, unassuming, goose-bumpy, indifferent, chicken-hearted, unpretending, unconfident, shillyshally, self-effacing, unassured, insecure

5 Syllables

unassertive, supplicatory, uneffusive, unobtrusive

6 Syllables

uncompanionable