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bash·ful
(băsh′fəl)adj.
1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others: "I never laughed, being bashful. / Lowering my head, I looked at the wall" (Ezra Pound).
2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness: "He had polite bashful manners and a low grownup voice" (John Dos Passos).
[From obsolete bash, to abash, be abashed (from Middle English basshen, variant of abaishen, abasshen; see abash) + -ful.]
bash′ful·ly adv.
bash′ful·ness n.
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bashful
(ˈbæʃfʊl)adj
1. disposed to attempt to avoid notice through shyness or modesty; diffident; timid
2. indicating or characterized by shyness or modesty
[C16: from bash, short for abash + -ful]
ˈbashfully adv
ˈbashfulness n
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bash•ful
(ˈbæʃ fəl)adj.
1. easily embarrassed; shy; timid: a bashful child.
2. indicative of or proceeding from bashfulness: a bashful manner.
bash′ful•ly, adv.
bash′ful•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | bashful - self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound timid - showing fear and lack of confidence |
2. | bashful - 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) Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" |
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bashful
adjective shy, reserved, retiring, nervous, modest, shrinking, blushing, constrained, timid, self-conscious, coy, reticent, self-effacing, diffident, sheepish, mousy, timorous, abashed, shamefaced, easily embarrassed, overmodest a bashful young lady
forward, confident, aggressive, bold, arrogant, brash, fearless, intrepid, pushy (informal), conceited, self-assured, impudent, immodest, egoistic
forward, confident, aggressive, bold, arrogant, brash, fearless, intrepid, pushy (informal), conceited, self-assured, impudent, immodest, egoistic
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
bashful
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
خَجول
stydlivýupejpavý
forlegengenert
feiminn
droviaidrovumasdrovusnedrąsus
biklskautrīgs
ostýchavý
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bashful
[ˈbæʃfʊl] adj (= embarrassed) [person, smile] → embarrassé(e)
to be bashful about sth → être embarrassé(e) par qch
to be bashful about doing sth → être embarrassé(e) pour faire qch, éprouver de l'embarras à faire qch
to be bashful about sth → être embarrassé(e) par qch
to be bashful about doing sth → être embarrassé(e) pour faire qch, éprouver de l'embarras à faire qch
(= shy) → timide
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bashful
adj, bashfully
adv → schüchtern; (on particular occasion) → verlegen; give us a song! ah, he’s bashful → sing was! ach, er geniert sich!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bashful
[ˈbæʃfʊl] adj → timido/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bashful
(ˈbӕʃful) adjective shy. a bashful girl; a bashful smile.
bashfully adverbˈbashfulness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bashful
a. tímido-a, pop. corto-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bashful
adj tímidoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.