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Meaning of 'bashful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bashful [ a.]
- Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
- Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

Meaning of 'bashful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bashful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- self-consciously timid
Example in sentence:
  • I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall
Meaning (2):
- disposed to avoid notice
Example in sentence:
  • they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it

Nearby Words:

bas-relief basal basal-nerved basalt basaltic basaltiform basaltoid basan basanite basbleu

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