[きがね, kigane] (adj-na, n, vs) hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[おずおず, ozuozu] (adv-to) (uk) timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diffidence \Dif"fi*dence\, n. [L. diffidentia.]
1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of
confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of
others. [Archaic]
[1913 Webster]
That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me
down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. --Donne.
[1913 Webster]
2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of
self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
[1913 Webster]
It is good to speak on such questions with
diffidence. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness
of address. --W. Irving.
Syn: Humility; bashfulness; distrust; suspicion; doubt; fear;
timidity; apprehension; hesitation. See {Humility}, and
{Bashfulness}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diffidence
n 1: lack of self-confidence [syn: {diffidence}, {self-doubt},
{self-distrust}] [ant: {confidence}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
