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Bashful

Bashful Meaning & Definition
Bashful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bashful?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bashful: backward | blate | timid

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Bashful In Webster's Dictionary

\Bash"ful\, a. [See {Bash}.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.] 2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression. Syn: Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.

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