self-distrust

[ self-dis-truhst, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf dɪsˈtrʌst, ˌsɛlf- /

lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.

Origin of self-distrust

First recorded in 1780–90

self-dis·trust·ful, adjective self-dis·trust·ing, adjective

There is no trust without, complementary to it, self-distrust.

Expositions of Holy Scripture |Alexander Maclaren
Those friends of his, of whom he was in nowise worthy, made the burden of his self-distrust doubly heavy.

The Half-Hearted |John Buchan
She felt that he was the stronger of the two, and such a scene as the last inspired her with a kind of self-distrust.

Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2 |Edward Frederic Benson
His hour of doubt, of self-distrust, of compunction, was whirled away like an uprooted tree on the flood of his happiness.

Snow-Blind |Katharine Newlin Burt

When he lay down to sleep he made an amazing discovery—that his own horror and fear and self-distrust had entirely passed away.

The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land |Ralph Connor