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 .

Checker: Patty--From WordNet

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

Checker: Valerie

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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