bashful
Meaning of bashful
adjective
- reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.
everything you need to know but have been too bashful to ask
suddenly bashful, she could think of nothing to say
don't be bashful about telling folk how you feel
late 15th century: from obsolete bash ‘make or become abashed’ (from abash) + -ful.
Information about bashful
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of bashful
bash-ful
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bashful is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bashful synonyms
Meaning blate:
Meaning nervous or timid in the company of other people:
Meaning slow to reveal emotion or opinions:
Meaning modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence:
Meaning shy and fond of being on one's own:
Meaning (especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring:
Meaning reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman):
Meaning not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily:
Meaning unwilling and hesitant; disinclined:
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:
Meaning showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence:
Meaning quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive:
Meaning tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking:
Meaning anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:
Meaning not firm or fixed; liable to give way or break:
Meaning expressing or feeling uncertainty or lack of conviction; sceptical:
Meaning feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems:
Meaning not confident; hesitant:
Meaning unable to act in a relaxed and natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint:
Meaning feeling or showing embarrassment:
Meaning feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment:
Meaning showing or feeling embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence:
bashful antonyms
Meaning (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous:
Meaning feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one's abilities or qualities:
Translation of bashful
Words that rhyme with bashful
benchful, bewitchful, branchful, breachful, churchful, coachful, dispatchful, launchful, notchful, paunchful, pouchful, reproachful, researchful, searchful, speechful, stenchful, stomachful, trenchful, unreproachful, unwatchful, watchful, laughful, sighful, troughful, unthoughful, anguishful, blushful, brushful, bushful, dishful, fishful, fleshful, gashful, hushful, overbashful, pushful, rashful, refreshful, unbashful, unrefreshful, unwishful, wishful, breathful, deathful, faithful, growthful, healthful, lengthful, loathful, mirthful
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