What (who) is bashful - definition
bashful
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Bashful (disambiguation)
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bashful
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Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
He seemed bashful and awkward...
...a bashful young lady.
= shy
ADJ
• bashfully
'No,' Wang Fu said bashfully.
ADV: ADV with v
• bashfulness
I was overcome with bashfulness when I met her.
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Bashful
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Bashful (disambiguation)
·adj Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
II. Bashful ·adj Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
Pronunciation examples for bashful
1. He's bashful.
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2. am a bashful guy.
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3. Please don't be bashful.
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4. Googlers are usually not bashful.
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5. like shy or more bashful.
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Examples of use of bashful
1. He was not bashful about seeking personal enrichment.
2. One horse, named Bashful Boy, was particularly fierce.
3. Participants in the trade don‘t appear very bashful.
4. "I‘m not a bashful person, and I‘m not going to become a bashful person if I‘m confirmed," Mukasey said late in the day.
5. Then Ashot walked in –– 16 years old, hair meticulously gelled, bright but bashful.