bashful

bashful

English

Alternative forms

• bashfull (archaic)

Etymology

Apheresis of abashed +‎ -ful (“full of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbæʃfəɫ], [ˈbæʃfʊɫ]

Adjective

bashful (comparative more bashful, superlative most bashful)

1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
2. Indicating bashfulness.

   a bashful look

Synonyms

• shy
• See also Thesaurus:shy

Translations

inclined to avoid notice

Aromanian: arushinos Bulgarian: плах (bg) (plah), свенлив (bg) (svenliv), срамежлив (bg) (sramežliv) Chinese: Mandarin: 害羞 (zh) (hàixiū) Dutch: verlegen (nl), timide (nl) Finnish: ujo (fi) French: timide (fr) German: schüchtern (de), verlegen (de), scheu (de) Greek: ντροπαλός (el) (dropalós) Ancient: αἰδήμων (aidḗmōn) Irish: náireach, náiriúil Italian: vergognoso (it) m, timido (it) m, modesto (it) m

Japanese: 恥ずかしがり屋の (はずかしがりやの, hazukashigariya no) Khmer: អៀន (km) (iǝn) Latin: pudens Latvian: kaunīgs Maori: konekone, numinumi Norwegian: beskjeden (no), sky (no), forlegen Portuguese: tímido (pt), recatado (pt) Romanian: rușinos (ro) Russian: засте́нчивый (ru) (zasténčivyj), ро́бкий (ru) (róbkij), скро́мный (ru) (skrómnyj) Spanish: tímido (es) m Welsh: swil (cy)