"bashful" meaning in English

See bashful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈbæʃfəɫ], [ˈbæʃfʊɫ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bashful.wav Forms: more bashful [comparative], most bashful [superlative]
Etymology: 16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|abashed|ful|gloss2=full of|pos=adjective}} abashed + -ful (“full of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} bashful (comparative more bashful, superlative most bashful)
  1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. Translations (inclined to avoid notice): αἰδήμων (aidḗmōn) (Ancient Greek), αἰδοῖος (aidoîos) (Ancient Greek), خَجُول (ḵajūl) (Arabic), arushinos (Aromanian), сарамлі́вы (saramlívy) (Belarusian), плах (plah) (Bulgarian), свенли́в (svenlív) (Bulgarian), срамежли́в (sramežlív) (Bulgarian), ᎤᏕᎰᏌᏘ (udehosati) (Cherokee), 害羞 (hàixiū) (Chinese Mandarin), sky (Danish), verlegen (Dutch), timide (Dutch), ujo (Finnish), timide (French), recatado (Galician), schüchtern (German), verlegen (German), scheu (German), ντροπαλός (ntropalós) (Greek), náireach (Irish), náiriúil (Irish), faiteach (Irish), vergognoso (Italian), timido (Italian), modesto (Italian), 恥ずかしがり屋の (hazukashigariya no) (alt: はずかしがりやの) (Japanese), 恥ずかしい (hazukashii) (alt: はずかしい) (Japanese), អៀន (ʼiən) (Khmer), 부끄럼을 타다 (bukkeureomeul tada) (Korean), pudens (Latin), verēcundus (Latin), kaunīgs (Latvian), ലജ്ജയുള്ള (lajjayuḷḷa) (Malayalam), konekone (Maori), numinumi (Maori), beskjeden (Norwegian Bokmål), sky (Norwegian Bokmål), forlegen (Norwegian Bokmål), unnselig (Norwegian Bokmål), beskjeden (Norwegian Nynorsk), sky (Norwegian Nynorsk), forlegen (Norwegian Nynorsk), محجوب (mahcub) (Ottoman Turkish), tímido (Portuguese), recatado (Portuguese), rușinos (Romanian), засте́нчивый (zasténčivyj) (Russian), ро́бкий (róbkij) (Russian), скро́мный (skrómnyj) (Russian), tímido (Spanish), utangaç (Turkish), соромли́вий (soromlývyj) (Ukrainian), сором'язли́вий (soromʺjazlývyj) (Ukrainian), сором'язни́й (soromʺjaznýj) (Ukrainian), swil (Welsh), wiling-jek (Woiwurrung)
    Sense id: en-bashful-en-adj-Husztued Disambiguation of 'inclined to avoid notice': 79 21
  2. Indicating bashfulness. Categories (topical): Emotions
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shy, blushful, sheepish, bashfull [archaic] Derived forms: bashful bladder, bashfully, bashfulness, overbashful, unbashful

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "ntropalós",
          "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
          "word": "ντροπαλός"
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          "roman": "aidḗmōn",
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          "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
          "word": "modesto"
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          "alt": "はずかしがりやの",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "hazukashigariya no",
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          "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
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          "roman": "zasténčivyj",
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          "word": "засте́нчивый"
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    "Terms with Cherokee translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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    {
      "word": "bashful bladder"
    },
    {
      "word": "bashfully"
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    {
      "word": "bashfulness"
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    {
      "word": "overbashful"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵajūl",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "خَجُول"
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    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "arushinos"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "saramlívy",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "сарамлі́вы"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plah",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "плах"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "svenlív",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "свенли́в"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sramežlív",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "срамежли́в"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
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      "roman": "udehosati",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "ᎤᏕᎰᏌᏘ"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hàixiū",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "害羞"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "sky"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "verlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "timide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "ujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "timide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "recatado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "schüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "verlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "scheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntropalós",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "ντροπαλός"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aidḗmōn",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "αἰδήμων"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "aidoîos",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "αἰδοῖος"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "náireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "náiriúil"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "faiteach"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "vergognoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "timido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "modesto"
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    {
      "alt": "はずかしがりやの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hazukashigariya no",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "恥ずかしがり屋の"
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      "alt": "はずかしい",
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      "roman": "hazukashii",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "恥ずかしい"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼiən",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "អៀន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bukkeureomeul tada",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "부끄럼을 타다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "pudens"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "verēcundus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "kaunīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "lajjayuḷḷa",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "ലജ്ജയുള്ള"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "konekone"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "numinumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "beskjeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "sky"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "forlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "unnselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "beskjeden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "sky"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "forlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mahcub",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "محجوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "tímido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "recatado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "rușinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasténčivyj",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "засте́нчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "róbkij",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "ро́бкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrómnyj",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "скро́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "tímido"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "utangaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "soromlývyj",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "соромли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "soromʺjazlývyj",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "сором'язли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "soromʺjaznýj",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "сором'язни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "swil"
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    {
      "code": "wyi",
      "lang": "Woiwurrung",
      "sense": "inclined to avoid notice",
      "word": "wiling-jek"
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  "word": "bashful"
}

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