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Bashful

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Adjective

1. bashful

self-consciously timid

Example Sentences:
'I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall'

2. bashful, blate

disposed to avoid notice

Example Sentences:
'they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bashful

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adjective
1. 
disposed to attempt to avoid notice through shyness or modesty; diffident; timid
2. 
indicating or characterized by shyness or modesty

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Bashful

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adjective
1. 
timid, shy, and easily embarrassed
2. 
showing an embarrassed timidity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bashful

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adj.
1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others: "I never laughed, being bashful. / Lowering my head, I looked at the wall" (Ezra Pound).
2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness: "He had polite bashful manners and a low grownup voice" (John Dos Passos).

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