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Common collocations with self-confidence in American Collocation

self-confidence noun uncountable

US

great

enormous
great
supreme

Miss Burgess exuded a supreme self-confidence.

low

low

He seems to understand what it’s like to be a teenager with low self-confidence and esteem.

increase self-confidence

boost
build
develop
increase

Students said that getting early feedback boosted their self-confidence.

have or get self-confidence

gain
have
rebuild
regain
restore

You will gain more self-confidence as you deliver more speeches.

give someone self-confidence

give someone

This is a fantastic project which has given self-confidence to many of our pupils.

not have self-confidence

lack
lose

She admits that she lacks self-confidence in new situations.

He suffered from a chronic lack of self-confidence.

make someone’s self-confidence weaker

destroy
undermine

She lost her temper all the time, and the constant rants started to undermine my self-confidence.