self-doubt
lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
Origin of self-doubt
1Other words from self-doubt
- self-doubting, adjective
Words Nearby self-doubt
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How to use self-doubt in a sentence
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut self-doubt, while a healthy quality for human beings to have, is alas not a plus for politicians.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHis self-doubt prompts him to exert more control and project bitterness.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe brightest luminaries are waking up to painful hangovers, and, we imagine, crippling self-doubt.
Hollywood's Morning After: Emma Watson’s Pants and More | Amy Zimmerman | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGo to work, board a plane or train if you were planning to travel—do not indulge in fear or self-doubt.
Now indeed I felt a sickness of self-doubt, for the wash of the invisible sea never had come to me until tonight.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. IngramPeter was very tender-hearted, very sympathetic, very prone to self-doubt.
The Dull Miss Archinard | Anne Douglas SedgwickIf he were naturally observant, he would see this; if he were given at all to self-doubt, he would feel it.
Robert Orange | John Oliver HobbesEven Hildas morbid self-doubt could not deny the essential truth of this point of view.
The Dull Miss Archinard | Anne Douglas SedgwickFar from antagonizing, Periors judgment had aroused in her an anxious self-doubt, an anxious respect for her candid critic.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
British Dictionary definitions for self-doubt
the act or state of doubting oneself
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