Definition of bashful Bashful
/bæˈʃfʌl/ - [batshful] - bash•ful
We found 8 definitions of bashful from 6 different sources.
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What does bashful mean?
WordNet
Adjectivebashful, bashfuller, bashfullest |
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| 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) | ||
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| backward directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" | ||
| 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 | ||
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- bashful (Adjective)
Inclined to avoid notice.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bashful (a.)
Abashed; daunted; dismayed. - bashful (a.)
Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bashful
Uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bashful
bash′fōōl, adj. easily confused: modest: shy: wanting confidence.—v.i. Bash (Spens.), to be abashed.—adv. Bash′fully.—n. Bash′fulness.—adj. Bash′less, unashamed. [See Abash.]
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