Antonyms for bashful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bash-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæʃ fəl |
Definition of bashful
Origin :- 1540s, from baishen "to be filled with consternation or dismay" (mid-14c.), from Old French baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash). Related: Bashfully; bashfulness (1530s).
- adj shy
- But, I fancy, it is many, many years ago since he was bashful.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The man to be so bashful; the woman to want so much courting!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- "Probably the presence of Stumpy made her bashful," suggested Ned.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Bashful or bold then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "Oh, they are most beautiful," replied she, with a bashful falling of her eyelids.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- She hesitated in a funny, bashful manner which roused my interest.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Oh, of course, dearest, you would be too bashful; but I 'm not.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- She hesitated, muffled from head to foot, shadowy and bashful.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- They are extreme modest and bashful, very shy, and nice of being touchd.
- Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn
- The boss thrust the goad into the hand of the bashful fellow.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
Synonyms for bashful
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