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bash⋅ful

  [bash-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
2. indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness.
Origin:
1540–50; (a)bash + -ful

Related forms:
bash⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
bash⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. abashed, modest. See shy 1 .

Antonyms:
arrogant.
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bash·ful   (bāsh'fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others. See Synonyms at shy1.

  2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness.


[From Middle English basshe, from basshed, past participle of basshen, to be discomfited, probably variant of abaishen; see abash.]
bash'ful·ly adv., bash'ful·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

bashful 
1548, from baishen "abash" (c.1340), from O.Fr. baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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