Bashfulness

Bashfulness
Bashfulness Bash"ful*ness, n. The quality of being bashful. [1913 Webster]

Syn: {Bashfulness}, {Modesty}, {Diffidence}, {Shyness}.

Usage: Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves; bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust; shyness usually arises from an excessive self-consciousness, and a painful impression that every one is looking at us. Modesty of deportment is becoming in all; bashfulness often gives rise to mistakes and blundering; diffidence in society frequently makes a man a burden to himself; shyness usually produces a reserve or distance which is often mistaken for haughtiness. [1913 Webster] ||


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • bashfulness — noun see bashful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bashfulness — See bashfully. * * * …   Universalium

  • bashfulness — noun The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity …   Wiktionary

  • bashfulness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. modesty, timidity, reserve; see shyness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence of others: backwardness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness. See RESTRAINT …   English dictionary for students

  • bashfulness — bash·ful·ness || bæʃflnɪs n. shyness, timidity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bashfulness — n. Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self distrust, excessive modesty …   New dictionary of synonyms

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  • bashfulness — bash·ful·ness …   English syllables

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