bashful
adj. shy, timid, easily embarrassed | ||||
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Bashful Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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.
(a.)
Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
(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.
(a.)
Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
| WordNet 2.0 |
bashful
Adjective
1. self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
(similar) timid
2. 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)
(synonym) blate
(similar) backward
(classification) Scotland
Adjective
1. self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
(similar) timid
2. 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)
(synonym) blate
(similar) backward
(classification) Scotland
| hEnglish - advanced version |
bashful
bashful
\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.
similar words(1)
bashful billy
bashful
\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.
similar words(1)
bashful billy
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Anhy
Anhy = a. not bold, bashful
Anhy = a. not bold, bashful
Cynwyl
Cynwyl = a. bashful, modest
Gwyl
Gwyl = n. a sight, show, festival; a. modest, bashful
Gwylo
Gwylo = v. to be bashful; to weep
Mul
Mul = n. an ass, a mule, a. bashful, modest, simple
Swil
Swil = a. bashful
Yswil
Yswil = a. bashful, timid
Bashful Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
bashful
vercundus
vercundus
Bashful Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Bashful
fus-, fusik
fus-, fusik
Bashful Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Ashamed
The backs of the fingers of the right hand, held in the right angle position are placed against the right cheek. The hand moves up along the cheek, pivoting at the wrist, so that the fingers finally point to the rear.
The backs of the fingers of the right hand, held in the right angle position are placed against the right cheek. The hand moves up along the cheek, pivoting at the wrist, so that the fingers finally point to the rear.