as in self-reproachful
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diffident
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Having travelled to Rome, Fuller struck up a romance with a skinny, diffident twenty-six-year-old named Giovanni Angelo Ossoli.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025 -
Its complacency was personified by the Gandhi family, whose members dominated the Party but appeared diffident and out of touch.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Self-reproving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reproving. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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