单词 | bashful |
释义 | bash·ful ![]() 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). [From obsolete bash, to abash, be abashed (from Middle English basshen, variant of abaishen, abasshen; see ABASH) + -FUL.] bashful·ly adv. bashful·ness n. |
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