Bashfulness
['bæʃfulnis]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being bashful.
Edited by Annabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self-distrust, excessive modesty.
Checker: Tanya
Examples
- She withdrew her veil, and looked on them with a countenance in which bashfulness contended with dignity. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She did it with a look of hesitation and bashfulness, quite unlike the eldrich boldness and brightness which was usual with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The slight tone of bashfulness, the scarcely perceptible hesitation, was considered perfectly in place. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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