Associations to the word «Bashful»

Wiktionary

BASHFUL, adjective. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) inclined to avoid notice
BASHFUL, adjective. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

Dictionary definition

BASHFUL, adjective. Self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound.
BASHFUL, adjective. Disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful).

Wise words

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