SELF-DISTRUSTFUL Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

self-distrustful

adjective

Definition of self-distrustful

as in insecure

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Adjective

The reversal comes amid economic uncertainties making workers feel insecure about their financial footing and their futures, analysts said.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
At one presentation, two researchers from Kumio revealed that 39 parental monitoring apps—serving more than 36 million children—were storing sensitive data on a single, insecure server.

— Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of insecure

Adjective

As the trailer tells us, the pleasantly diffident Mona (Moore) is thrown way out of orbit following an audition for a musical show.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
To strangers, Kay seemed demure, diffident, even shy, an impression her youthful appearance helped create.

— Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of diffident

Adjective

Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, talented fashion designer and increasingly less timid figure on Berlin’s ballroom scene, travels to Dakar to repair his father’s kora.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
This is a great car for a timid driver, a new driver or perhaps a sensible son or daughter.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of timid

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Closer to home, Liverpool have shown the pitfalls of an expensive facelift, splurging record sums on Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak last summer only to free-fall from champions to a meek fifth-place finish.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
This is just one of many, many kinky situations Hoffman encounters as Elliot, a meek, wide-eyed college graduate who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with gallery owner Erika Tracey (Olivia Wilde).

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of meek

Adjective

This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.

— Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

Definition of unassertive

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