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Defenition of the word bashful

    • Defenition of the word bashful

      • Uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed.
      • self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • disposed to avoid notice
      • self-consciously timid

    Synonyms for the word bashful

      • blate
      • blushing
      • coy
      • diffident
      • reserved
      • retiring
      • self-conscious
      • shy
      • timid
      • withdrawn

    Similar words in the bashful

      • backward
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