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bashful
What does bashful mean?
bashful (adjective): shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bashful in a sentence?
- I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce bashful?
/ˈbæʃfəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid
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