- bashful bash·ful adj
- ['bæʃfʊl]
timido (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
bashful bash·ful adj
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bashful — bash•ful [[t]ˈbæʃ fəl[/t]] adj. 1) easily embarrassed; shy; timid: a bashful child[/ex] 2) indicative of or proceeding from bashfulness: a bashful manner[/ex] • Etymology: 1540–50; (a) bash bash′ful•ly, adv. bash′ful•ness, n … From formal English to slang
bashful — bash|ful [ˈbæʃfəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: bash to be embarrassed or ashamed (14 17 centuries), from abash; ABASHED] easily embarrassed in social situations = ↑shy ▪ a bashful grin ▪ Don t be bashful about telling people how you feel.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bashful — [bash′fəl] adj. [(A)BASH + FUL] 1. timid, shy, and easily embarrassed 2. showing an embarrassed timidity SYN. SHY1 bashfully adv. bashfulness n … English World dictionary
bashful — bashfully, adv. bashfulness, n. /bash feuhl/, adj. 1. uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid. 2. indicative of, accompanied by, or proceeding from bashfulness. [1540 50; (A)BASH + FUL] Syn. 1. abashed, modest. See shy1. Ant … Universalium
