self-distrustful

adjective

Definition of self-distrustfulnext
as in insecure

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-distrustful
  1. insecure
  2. diffident
  3. timid
  4. meek
  5. unassertive
Adjective
  • Bill was happily insecure, increasingly self-aware, yet sure there was always so much more to learn and understand.
    David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The health system has been working to reach communities beyond its four walls, particularly those who struggle with non-medical drivers of health including lack of stable food supply, poor transportation and unsafe or insecure housing.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of insecure
Adjective
  • Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In the light of Rifkin’s diffident anguish, the heartfelt whimsy of these scenes plays like Allen’s own nostalgic reminiscence of his early, funny stuff—and of the way that his life used to be.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Definition of diffident
Adjective
  • From Dickinson to Colton Dach, who was making his NHL debut, to Nolan Allan and much of the lineup, the Blackhawks weren’t timid.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Usually, a player who has been injured for that long will come in and be timid and not want to do anything too crazy.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of timid
Adjective
  • He was supposed to be a meek guy who doesn’t speak up.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Gary starts the film as a meek, somewhat nerdy college professor, but circumstances quickly force him into the uncomfortable position of becoming an undercover police informant.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of meek
Adjective
  • Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.
    Yasmine AlSayyad, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging.
    Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 June 2022
Definition of unassertive
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Thesaurus Entries Near self-distrustful

self-distrust

self-distrustful

self-doubt

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