self-doubting

adjective

Definition of self-doubtingnext
as in timid

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubting
  1. timid
  2. insecure
  3. diffident
  4. unassertive
  5. meek
  6. unassuming
  7. modest
Adjective
  • The video, which has been viewed more than 1.4 million times to date, shows the golden retriever offering the timid stray their favorite toy.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Outside of those two hits, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sometimes sounds timid and tentative compared to the albums that would follow.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of timid
Adjective
  • And speaking of threats, Genevieve admits to feeling insecure without her Shot in the Dark.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • This is a reach, because Keith doesn’t come off as insecure, merely as a normal person who wants to avoid messiness and was never that into Danni.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of insecure
Adjective
  • 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
  • Watching an early appearance of Melanie on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson only left me more intrigued about her ambivalent relationship toward fame: How could the same person be so confident and charismatic behind a guitar, but so diffident and uncomfortable chatting with Carson?
    Joseph Fenity, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
Definition of diffident
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
Adjective
  • The real estate agent she’s chosen happens to be the person most responsible for making Rhiannon such a meek, repressed person: her high school bully, Julia (Mood’s Nicôle Lecky).
    Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Jenn, while possibly the best person on the show, is too meek and too little in her own estimation.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of meek
Adjective
  • While both actors play unassuming characters thrust into combat roles, Stokes shared his interest in working in a creative capacity behind the camera as well.
    Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • At the school of digestive discourse, though, colonics are the unassuming cool kid on the block.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of unassuming
Adjective
  • Noninterest income was $2.4 million, slightly down from $2.4 million in the previous year, with modest decreases in service charges and card processing income.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Godot’s games flourish on open indie storefronts like itch.io, where the engine enjoys modest popularity among the community.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of modest
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Thesaurus Entries Near self-doubting

self-doubt

self-doubting

self-dramatizer

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