Diffident

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–adjective 

1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. 

2. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc. 

3. Archaic. distrustful.  



—Synonyms 

1. self-conscious, self-effacing, abashed, embarrassed, modest, unassuming, unconfident.





   

As though shooting a silent, Hou wrote a script without dialogue—then discussed each scene with his actors, who had to invent their own lines. This surely accounts for Simon's diffidence as well as Binoche's splendiferous [splen-dif-er-uhs] eccentricity. 





see 

tenuous 軟弱單字大集合



deferential meek bland (banal) milquetoast patsy 



bashful

diffident timid

tepid lukewarm