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
  • Sam Dickinson, who has dominated the OHL by playing a freewheeling style — sometimes to a fault — looks like a timid shell of himself and like he has been told not to be himself.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • But at the professional level, in addition to his lack of accuracy shooting the ball, Sheppard has looked timid and tentative on the court, passing up open shots and unable to make plays off the dribble.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of timid
Adjective
  • The residents of the Southern Tier of New York will get no revenue from their natural gas bounty, and the residents of the New York City metropolitan region will continue to have an insecure supply of power.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Part of the fixation on cultural algorithms is a product of the insecure position in which cultural gatekeepers find themselves.
    T.M. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Premature predictions of renewal would be foolish and, as Howe continually stressed, Newcastle cannot allow one strong outing to be followed by another meek one.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of meek
Adjective
  • Off stage, his personality is unassuming and his appearance is almost timid.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Anne Mensah Anne Mensah is the unassuming executive behind the Brits’ conquest of Netflix in 2024.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of unassuming
Adjective
  • The elder Stack had started the business as a teen in 1948 as a modest bait-and-tackle supplier in Binghamton, New York.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Edmunds expects only a modest increase in auto sales next year, from just under 16 million vehicles this year to 16.2 million in 2025.
    Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of modest
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self-doubting

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