self-doubt
- n lack of self-confidence
- Smith was not, in other words, a man much given to self-doubt by the time he headed for America.
- For that Gibson girl has finally whipped the one opponent that could keep her down: her own self-doubt and defensive truculence.
- Through words, she reveals a Shawn not often seen by her competitors one with a very human awareness of her limitations and a self-doubt about her emotional and physical .