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- [uh-sur-tiv]
- /əˈsɜr tɪv/
- /ˈʌ.nə.ˈsɜː.tɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-sur-tiv]
- /əˈsɜr tɪv/
Definitions of unassertive word
- adjective unassertive confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman. 1
- adjective unassertive having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma. 1
- adjective unassertive not assertive or aggressive; timid 0
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Origin of unassertive
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; assert + -ive
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Parts of speech for Unassertive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unassertive popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unassertive
adj unassertive
- bashful — Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
- coy — evasive, esp in an annoying way
- demure — If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
adjective unassertive
- accommodated — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- badgered — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- bearing — Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand.
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
Antonyms for unassertive
adj unassertive
- commanding — If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
adjective unassertive
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
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