bashful
Use Bashful in a sentence
fəl adjective
1.
uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
2.
indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | disposed to attempt to avoid notice through shyness or modesty; diffident; timid |
| 2. | indicating or characterized by shyness or modesty |
| [C16: from bash, short for | |
| 'bashfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'bashfulness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bashful
1540s, from baishen "abash" (mid-14c.), from O.Fr. baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash).
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Example sentences
She was so bashful about her success that she sometimes seemed to be apologizing for it.
Charities are not bashful about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
They are not bashful about mentioning their disagreements, to be sure.
Though given how often her legs are discreetly arranged to obscure her nether regions she's awfully bashful for a corpse.
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