Dictionary

bashful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈbæʃfʊɫ]
• [ˈbæʃfəɫ]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”).

Meanings

1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
2. Indicating bashfulness.
   • a bashful look
   • “Have you done something to your hair?” “I just ran a comb through it,” shrugged the vicar. “Well, it looks delightful.” “How delightful of you to say so.” Auntie Flip and the vicar shared bashful grins. Frank had never witnessed his babysitter behave like this before. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

overbashful · bashfulness · bashfully · unbashful · bashful bladder

Synonyms

blushful · sheepish · shy

Translations (61)

de schüchtern (inclined to avoid notice) · ga náireach (inclined to avoid notice) · ja 恥ずかしい (inclined to avoid notice) · ml ലജ്ജയുള്ള (inclined to avoid notice) · it timido (inclined to avoid notice) · ga náiriúil (inclined to avoid notice) · ar خَجُول (inclined to avoid notice) · grc αἰδοῖος (inclined to avoid notice) · el ντροπαλός (inclined to avoid notice) · ko 부끄럼을 타다 (inclined to avoid notice) · tr utangaç (inclined to avoid notice) · nn forlegen (inclined to avoid notice) · cy swil (inclined to avoid notice) · cmn 害羞 (inclined to avoid notice) · la pudens (inclined to avoid notice) · de scheu (inclined to avoid notice) · unm kwitayasi (inclined to avoid notice) · ro rușinos (inclined to avoid notice) · it modesto (inclined to avoid notice) · mi konekone (inclined to avoid notice) · ru засте́нчивый (inclined to avoid notice) · nl timide (inclined to avoid notice) · bg свенли́в (inclined to avoid notice) · ga faiteach (inclined to avoid notice) · nn smålåten (inclined to avoid notice) · gl recatado (inclined to avoid notice) · pt recatado (inclined to avoid notice) · de verlegen (inclined to avoid notice) · ota محجوب (inclined to avoid notice) · be сарамлі́вы (inclined to avoid notice) · fr timide (inclined to avoid notice) · nb sky (inclined to avoid notice) · lv kaunīgs (inclined to avoid notice) · gl temesiño (inclined to avoid notice) · ota اوتانغاچ (inclined to avoid notice) · uk соромли́вий (inclined to avoid notice) · chr ᎤᏕᎰᏌᏘ (inclined to avoid notice) · wyi wiling-jek (inclined to avoid notice) · fi ujo (inclined to avoid notice) · nb beskjeden (inclined to avoid notice) · uk сором'язли́вий (inclined to avoid notice) · uk сором'язни́й (inclined to avoid notice) · nb unnselig (inclined to avoid notice) · nn beskjeden (inclined to avoid notice) · grc αἰδήμων (inclined to avoid notice) · ru ро́бкий (inclined to avoid notice) · nl verlegen (inclined to avoid notice) · nn sky (inclined to avoid notice) · la verēcundus (inclined to avoid notice) · da sky (inclined to avoid notice) · nb forlegen (inclined to avoid notice) · pt tímido (inclined to avoid notice) · it vergognoso (inclined to avoid notice) · rup arushinos (inclined to avoid notice) · km អៀន (inclined to avoid notice) · bg плах (inclined to avoid notice) · es tímido (inclined to avoid notice) · ja 恥ずかしがり屋の (inclined to avoid notice) · bg срамежли́в (inclined to avoid notice) · mi numinumi (inclined to avoid notice) · ru скро́мный (inclined to avoid notice)