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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bashful \Bash"ful\, a. [See {Bash}.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.] 2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as a bashful person, action expression. Syn: Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bashful adj 1: self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound 2: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn: {blate}]
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