Synonyms of diffidence

diffidence

noun

as in timidity

the quality or state of lacking confidence or assertiveness

He met the girl's gaze with awkward diffidence.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• timidity
• fearfulness
• quietness
• submissiveness
• timidness
• reserve
• bashfulness
• submission
• shyness
• sheepishness
• reservedness
• deference
• carefulness
• wariness
• compliance
• acquiescence
• cautiousness
• softness
• timorousness
• passivity
• faintheartedness
• weakness
• feebleness
• mousiness
• resignedness
• pusillanimity
• retiringness
• meekness
• humility
• cowardliness
• humbleness
• gutlessness
• cravenness
• modesty
• dastardliness
• demureness
• lowliness
• spinelessness
• poltroonery
• down-to-earthness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attitude
• boldness
• assertiveness
• aggressiveness
• overconfidence
• forwardness
• brashness
• swagger
• cockiness
• impudence
• cocksureness
• audaciousness
• temerity
• cheekiness
• insolence
• impertinence
• cheek
• nerve
• brassiness
• disdain
• sauciness
• boastfulness
• vanity
• self-complacency
• self-satisfaction
• swash
• self-conceit
• condescension
• scorn
• self-importance
• self-opinion
• arrogance
• self-centeredness
• self-glorification
• ostentation
• vaingloriousness
• chest-thumping
• flamboyance
• haughtiness
• imperiousness
• pretence
• superciliousness
• assumption
• pride
• hauteur
• egotism
• egoism
• superiority
• self-applause
• conceit
• pomposity
• presumptuousness
• ostentatiousness
• showiness
• loftiness
• pretension
• pretentiousness
• pretense
• peremptoriness
• pompousness
• pridefulness
• self-assumption
• huffiness
• bumptiousness
• lordliness
• self-partiality
• toploftiness