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)

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
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)

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