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词汇 self-doubting
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Definition of self-doubting in English:

self-doubting

adjective
  • Lacking confidence in oneself and one's abilities; unconfident.

    a fragile, confused, self-doubting paranoiac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He fumbles yet another serious role, failing to plumb the self-doubting depths of his conflicted character.
    • He once turned down the chance of becoming a candidate for parliament: he was much too self-effacing, and self-doubting, to do that.
    • Most of the students were uncertain and self-doubting about their capacity to write a paper, speak publicly, or rebel against authority.
    • Last year, with my whole world in a state of flux, I was too self-absorbed and self-doubting to be able to work it out.
    • He was by nature insecure and self-doubting, the victim of depressive moods and bouts of indolence.
    • All artists feed on themselves, and most, are introspective, self-doubting and reflective.
    • Both characters lack basic happiness - Victor is habitually self-doubting, while Kelly is emerging from an abusive relationship.
    • Is political theatre just an outlet for self-doubting, defeated actors?
    • Thankfully, Martin's status as a secure family man hasn't made the self-doubting nature of his lyrics vanish.
    • These were geniuses too busy and self-doubting to think of themselves as geniuses.
    • His Self-Portrait (1941), painted after a period of personal and political turbulence, presents the painter in a pensive, almost self-doubting, mood.
    • It shows the national hero traumatized and self-doubting, and vanquished by forces he never quite understands.
    Synonyms
    shy, bashful, modest, self-effacing, unassuming, unpresuming, humble, meek, unconfident, unassertive, timid, timorous, shrinking, reserved, withdrawn, introverted, inhibited

Definition of self-doubting in US English:

self-doubting

adjective
  • Lacking confidence in oneself and one's abilities; unconfident.

    a fragile, confused, self-doubting paranoiac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His Self-Portrait (1941), painted after a period of personal and political turbulence, presents the painter in a pensive, almost self-doubting, mood.
    • These were geniuses too busy and self-doubting to think of themselves as geniuses.
    • He fumbles yet another serious role, failing to plumb the self-doubting depths of his conflicted character.
    • He was by nature insecure and self-doubting, the victim of depressive moods and bouts of indolence.
    • Is political theatre just an outlet for self-doubting, defeated actors?
    • Thankfully, Martin's status as a secure family man hasn't made the self-doubting nature of his lyrics vanish.
    • Most of the students were uncertain and self-doubting about their capacity to write a paper, speak publicly, or rebel against authority.
    • All artists feed on themselves, and most, are introspective, self-doubting and reflective.
    • He once turned down the chance of becoming a candidate for parliament: he was much too self-effacing, and self-doubting, to do that.
    • Last year, with my whole world in a state of flux, I was too self-absorbed and self-doubting to be able to work it out.
    • Both characters lack basic happiness - Victor is habitually self-doubting, while Kelly is emerging from an abusive relationship.
    • It shows the national hero traumatized and self-doubting, and vanquished by forces he never quite understands.
    Synonyms
    shy, bashful, modest, self-effacing, unassuming, unpresuming, humble, meek, unconfident, unassertive, timid, timorous, shrinking, reserved, withdrawn, introverted, inhibited
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