Bashful
['bæʃfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['bæʃfl]
Definition
(adj.) disposed to avoid notice; 'they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it'; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) .
(adj.) self-consciously timid; 'I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall'- Ezra Pound .
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Definition
(a.) Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
(a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over-modest, not self-possessed.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Modest, diffident, shy, retiring, reserved
ANT:Bold, impudent, forward, unreserved, pert, conceited, ostentatious, egotistic
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Definition
adj. easily confused: modest: shy: wanting confidence.—v.i. Bash (Spens.) to be abashed.—adv. Bash′fully.—n. Bash′fulness.—adj. Bash′less unashamed.
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Examples
- He patted her back soothingly, and finding that she was recovering, followed it up by a bashful kiss or two, which brought Jo round at once. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He is apprenticed to the miller, whatever it was, and is a good bashful fellow, always falling in love with somebody and being ashamed of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Given once, the pure bashful maiden was too modest, too tender, too trustful, too weak, too much woman to recall it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He seems a very silent, awkward, bashful lad, said Miss Crawley to Mr. Pitt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He could not get any further, for he too turned bashful all of a sudden, and did not quite know what to say. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Whether he was sulky, or whether he was bashful, after his discomfiture in the rose-garden, I can't say. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Tommy is poor and bashful and good and very clever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Flora, putting aside her veil with a bashful tremor upon her, proceeded to introduce herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Beth was too bashful to go to school. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He stood in her presence brave and bashful: subdued and unobtrusive, yet decided in his purpose and devoted in his ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Never mind being bashful. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He held out his hand with almost a bashful air. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This enabled the bashful young Member to keep his eyes open long enough at a time to see his dinner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am to have my meals with the children, if I prefer it to the great table, and for the present I do, for I am bashful, though no one will believe it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He's not much used to ladies' society, and it makes him bashful. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It's so hard I'm afraid to try, said Meg, grateful, but bashful in the presence of the accomplished young lady beside her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She looked down as she said this, amiably bashful, with only one side glance at her companion to observe its effect on her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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