What does bashful mean?
Definitions for bashful
ˈbæʃ fəlbash·ful
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Princeton's WordNet
bashfuladjective
self-consciously timid
"I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
bashful, blateadjective
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)
Wiktionary
bashfuladjective
inclined to avoid notice
Etymology: Aphesis of.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bashfuladjective
Etymology: This word, with all those of the same race, are of uncertain etymology. Skinner imagines them derived from base, or mean; Minshew, from verbaesen, Dut. to strike with astonishment; Junius, from βάσις, which he finds in Hesychius to signify shame. The conjecture of Minshew seems most probable.
I never tempted her with word too large;
But, as a brother to his sister, shew’d
Bashful sincerity, and comely love. William Shakespeare, M. ado about N.He looked with an almost bashful kind of modesty, as if he feared the eyes of man. Philip Sidney.
Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me plain and holy innocence. William Shakespeare, Tempest.Our authour, anxious for his fame to night,
And bashful in his first attempt to write,
Lies cautiously obscure. Joseph Addison, Drummer, Prologue.
ChatGPT
bashful
Bashful refers to someone who is shy, reserved, and often feels awkward or uncomfortable in social situations. It can also pertain to their unwillingness to draw attention to themselves or reluctance to express their views publicly.
Webster Dictionary
Bashfuladjective
abashed; daunted; dismayed
Bashfuladjective
very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression
Wikidata
Bashful
Bashful is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A copy exists in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bashful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bashful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of bashful in a Sentence
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled.
Chief Executive Bryan Stockton:
We may have been a little bashful to push on the creative side, we need to push ourselves a little further, let ourselves be a little freer, a little less formulaic.
We have not been remotely bashful.
We had an interesting nucleus of people when I was in Trump White House -- the initial team. We were not bashful. It was a group that was willing to tell the President what he needed to know, whether he wanted to hear it or not.
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- عفيف النفسArabic
- плах, свенлив, срамежливBulgarian
- blufærdigDanish
- scheu, schüchtern, verlegenGerman
- ντροπαλόςGreek
- timemaEsperanto
- tímidoSpanish
- خجالتیPersian
- ujoFinnish
- timideFrench
- náiriúil, náireachIrish
- संकोचीHindi
- szégyenlősHungarian
- ամաչկոտArmenian
- modesto, timido, vergognosoItalian
- 恥ずかしがり屋Japanese
- verecundusLatin
- kaunīgsLatvian
- timide, verlegenDutch
- sky, beskjeden, forlegenNorwegian
- wstydliwyPolish
- recatado, tímidoPortuguese
- застенчивый, робкий, скромныйRussian
- försagdSwedish
- utangaçTurkish
- פאַרשעמטYiddish
- 害羞Chinese
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