Word Meanings - SELF-DISTRUST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

CONFIDENCE
1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
DIFFIDENCE
1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne. 2. Distrust of one's self
SELF-CONFIDENCE
The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. Beaconsfield.
UNCONFIDENCE
Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
OVERCONFIDENCE
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.