diffident in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for diffident in the English»Italian Dictionary

diffident [Brit ˈdɪfɪd(ə)nt, Am ˈdɪfəd(ə)nt] ADJ

diffident person

insicuro, timido

diffident smile, gesture

timido

to be diffident about doing

esitare a fare

Translations for diffident in the Italian»English Dictionary

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esitare a fare

to be hesitant or diffident about doing

diffident in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for diffident in the English»Italian Dictionary

diffident [ˈdɪ·fɪ·dənt] ADJ

diffident (shy)

timido, -a

diffident (modest)

modesto, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Instead, she arrives, practically on time, wearing a baby pink jacket with matching bag, rimless glasses, and a diffident smile.

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As a judge he was so cautious and diffident that he won little popular applause.

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She is described as shy, even diffident, and it is not within her nature to behave aggressively.

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He is polite, diffident but unflinching in the choice he made.

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Perhaps, also, diffident and inarticulate as he was, the village may have been a way of demonstrating the extent of his wealth and power.

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Both wrap their strengths in a diffident but notable charm.

observer.com

And he paced our bricks with a diffident air.

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In person, he is diffident and slightly boffinish: in public, he is a vigorous but usually polite proponent of his views.

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After bowing a bouncer and seeing the batsman weave uncomfortably he stands and stares at the batsman a huge improvement from his ealier diffident ways.

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Hair, fabric, splayed limbs, displaced attention, diffident eyes, all of it uncorralled, unkempt in spirit if not in detail -- the syntax of the rock look.

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