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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

shy or demure, not assertive or loud;

e.g. She was unassertive which made her unable to speak her mind at the meeting.

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Similar Words

Abashed

Acquiescent

Bashful

Bloodless

Comme il faut

Compliant

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Down-to-earth

Humble

Ingenuous

Introverted

Lone wolf

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Mousy

Naive

Nonassertive

Overmodest

Passive

Plain

Quiet

Reserved

Resigned

Retiring

Self-conscious

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Self-effacing

Sheepish

Shy

Subdued

Submissive

Timid

Unadventurous

Unaffected

Unaggressive

Unarrogant

Unassuming

Unexcited

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Yielding

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Opposite Words

Affected

Aggressive

Ambitious

Arrogant

Aspiring

Assertive

Assumptive

Assured

Audacious

Biggety

Bloodthirsty

Bloody

Bloody-minded

Bold

Bombastic

Brash

Brassy

Bumptious

Caddish

Cavalier

Cheeky

Chesty

Cocksure

Cocky

Competitive

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Discourteous

Disdainful

Dominant

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Enterprising

Extroverted

Familiar

Fastuous

Fierce

Fiery

Flamboyant

Forward

Free

Grandiose

Hard-driving

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-flying

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-spirited

High-toned

Highfalutin

Hoity-toity

Holier-than-thou

Homicidal

Hubristic

Huffy

Ill-bred

Ill-mannered

Immodest

Imperious

Impertinent

Impolite

Important

Impudent

Inconsiderate

La-di-da

Lippy

Lofty

Lordly

Magisterial

Mannered

Masterful

Mettlesome

Militant

Motivated

Murderous

Narcissistic

Opportunistic

Ostentatious

Outgoing

Overbearing

Overconfident

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Patronizing

Peppery

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Pushing

Rude

Sanguinary

Sanguine

Saucy

Secure

Self-aggrandizing

Self-applauding

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-centered

Self-contained

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Self-important

Self-obsessed

Self-poised

Self-satisfied

Self-seeking

Showy

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Spirited

Spunky

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Than

Thoughtless

Toplofty

Trigger-happy

Unapologetic

Uncalled-for

Uncivil

Ungracious

Unhandsome

Uninhibited

Unmannered

Unmannerly

Unreserved

Unselfconscious

Unsubdued

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

Your

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Related Words

Awkward

Backward

Bashful

Civil

Clumsy

Conciliatory

Courteous

Coy

Demure

Diffident

Disarming

Down-to-earth

Gauche

Genteel

Graceless

Gracious

Humble

Inelegant

Introverted

Lowly

Mannerly

Meek

Modest

Nonviolent

Pacific

Peaceable

Peaceful

Polite

Recessive

Retiring

Rough-hewn

Rustic

Self-effacing

Sheepish

Shy

Stiff

Stilted

Unassuming

Uncomfortable

Uneasy

Ungraceful

Unpretentious

Well-bred

Withdrawn

Wooden

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