bashfuladj.

/ˈbaʃfʊl/

Etymology: < bash v.¹ + -ful suffix; -ful is occasionally added to verbs, as in mournful, assistful.

†1. Wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [adjective]

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consternated1667

disheartened1720

intimidated1727

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bashfull or amased, attonitus.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 15 Those Forces would..by their success give much courage to his bashful Army.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 39. ⁋7 [Duelling was] as great an Impediment to Advancement in the Service, as being bashful in Time of Action.

2. Of persons: Shrinking from publicity, shamefaced, shy. Sometimes used in a good or neutral sense = Sensitively modest in demeanour; sometimes depreciatively = Excessively self-conscious, embarrassed and ill at ease in society, ‘sheepish’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective]

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shanny1821

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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xii. 12 (R.) These folke beyng very desirous to see Jesus..yet they were bashefull.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v If a yong ientleman..be bashefull, and will soon blushe, they call him a babishe and ill brought vp thyng.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 His wife and children..were..well fauored and very bashful.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 2 Or press the bashful stranger to his food.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 229 I pity bashful men.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 75 Like summer rose, The bashful maiden's cheek appeared.

3. Of things, actions, etc.: Characterizing or characterized by extreme sensitiveness or modesty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] > characterized by shyness or bashfulness

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bashful1595

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F7 His face with bashfull blood did flame.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 81 Hence bashfull cunning, And prompt me plaine and holy innocence.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 313 Naked they walk'd, but had no bashful sense.

1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo Proem 10 With impulse shy of bashful tenderness, Soliciting again the wish'd caress.

†4. Exciting a feeling of shame. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > shaming

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pudibund1542

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ashaming1819

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 59 (T.) A woman yet must blush when bashful is the case, Though truth bid tell the story as it fell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bashful
释义	bashfuladj. /ˈbaʃfʊl/ Etymology: < bash v.¹ + -ful suffix; -ful is occasionally added to verbs, as in mournful, assistful. †1. Wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [adjective] fordrevedc1175 astoniedc1386 comfortless1387 bashedc1440 bluea1450 matedc1450 quailing?a1475 dismayeda1535 bashful1552 daunted1587 excordiate1594 appalled1609 craveneda1644 astonisheda1649 consternated1667 disheartened1720 intimidated1727 coweda1745 consterned1839 unhopeful1850 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bashfull or amased, attonitus. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 15 Those Forces would..by their success give much courage to his bashful Army. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 39. ⁋7 [Duelling was] as great an Impediment to Advancement in the Service, as being bashful in Time of Action. 2. Of persons: Shrinking from publicity, shamefaced, shy. Sometimes used in a good or neutral sense = Sensitively modest in demeanour; sometimes depreciatively = Excessively self-conscious, embarrassed and ill at ease in society, ‘sheepish’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] shamefastc897 unboldc897 shamelya1100 squeamous1483 bashful1548 shamefaced1555 squeamish1561 retiring1566 chary1567 verecund1575 blatec1600 helo1611 shy1672 shuff1688 shyish1754 shanny1821 fawn-like1838 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xii. 12 (R.) These folke beyng very desirous to see Jesus..yet they were bashefull. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v If a yong ientleman..be bashefull, and will soon blushe, they call him a babishe and ill brought vp thyng. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 His wife and children..were..well fauored and very bashful. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 2 Or press the bashful stranger to his food. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 229 I pity bashful men. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 75 Like summer rose, The bashful maiden's cheek appeared. 3. Of things, actions, etc.: Characterizing or characterized by extreme sensitiveness or modesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] > characterized by shyness or bashfulness shamefastc1386 bashful1595 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F7 His face with bashfull blood did flame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 81 Hence bashfull cunning, And prompt me plaine and holy innocence. View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 313 Naked they walk'd, but had no bashful sense. 1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo Proem 10 With impulse shy of bashful tenderness, Soliciting again the wish'd caress. †4. Exciting a feeling of shame. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > shaming shamefulc1330 pudibund1542 bashful1559 pudendous1660 shaming1741 ashaming1819 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates 59 (T.) A woman yet must blush when bashful is the case, Though truth bid tell the story as it fell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1548
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