self-distrust
noun
lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
self-distrusting
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a word derived from
self-distrust.
Example Sentences
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It is true that the wealthy heiress had lured on her self-distrusting lover to make a declaration which he had not contemplated; but who will charge her with unmaidenly conduct?
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
Therefore a self-distrusting Christian can say, and say without exaggeration or presumption, 'I can do all things in Christ, strengthening me from within.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren
With mingled shame and penitence she reviewed her spiritual declensions, and with an humbled, self-distrusting spirit renewed her neglected covenant with the God and guide of her youth.
From Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons by Arabella W. Stuart
A modest and self-distrusting nature, like that of Lucy's, would be very apt to turn to any other than herself in quest of the original of my picture.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
The desponding, self-distrusting side of his nature said, "No. Why should she?"
From Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England by Harriet Beecher Stowe
