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 prologue might end with a paroxysm of violence, but first there are a few timid whimpers of nascent pleasure; Bill Skarsgård’s base and primal Count Orlok is a nightmare who arrives on the wings of a nocturnal emission.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Unexpectedly, the timid Noa takes his brother’s side, wrapping a scarf around his uncle’s neck.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of timid
Adjective
  • The insecure bafflement over Photorealism was reflected in a sudden ‘70s glut of competing terms — Superrealism, Hyperrealism, Sharp-focus Realism, Post-Pop Illusionism, New Realism, Radical Realism.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • So many young men are bullied, feel incredibly insecure with themselves, and are struggling to find their identity in their youth.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 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
  • Tucci, a reassuring screen presence for more than three decades, is casually excellent as the iconoclastic Bellini, wisely downplaying his character’s physicality in favor of meek conviction.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, Amy Adams, whose performance as a meek nun in Doubt was her second Oscar nomination after Junebug, reaps that windfall and wins her Oscar nice and early in her career.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of meek
Adjective
  • Despite their more unassuming appearance compared to spiral galaxies like the Milky Way and the Andromeda, the ambiguity behind elliptical galaxies’ origins has interested researchers for decades.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, the >$100 price point might seem a lot for an unassuming slide.
    Samson McDougall, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of unassuming
Adjective
  • Kittle noted that Samuel’s modest stat line against Chicago wasn’t due to a lack of effort but because of scheme.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Macquarie's latest estimates are for demand to slow from an earlier forecast of 3.4% a year to 2.4% while supply is also expected to slip, though the supply fall from 5.4% to 4% will still leave the copper market in modest surplus.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of modest
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self-doubting

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