bashful
bashful · more bashful · most bashful
сором'язливий, соромливий, сором'язний
скромный, робкий, застенчивый
verlegen, schüchtern, scheu
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timidShy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
» Tom is very bashful, isn't he?
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2 sensesShy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
schüchtern, verlegen, scheu
засте́нчивыйzasténčivyj, ро́бкийróbkij, скро́мныйskrómnyj
соромли́вийsoromlývyj, сором'язли́вийsoromʺjazlývyj, сором'язни́йsoromʺjaznýj
Indicating bashfulness.
a bashful look
More definitions
- disposed to avoid notice
- self-consciously timid
Examples
16 sentencesTom is very bashful, isn't he?
Tom was sort of bashful as a kid.
Tom is very bashful.
ruТом очень застенчив. — marafon
deTom ist sehr schüchtern. — wolfgangth
I'm the bashful type.
Tom is sort of bashful.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
inclined to avoid notice:
Русский
By meaning 1
inclined to avoid notice:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inclined to avoid notice:
Origin
16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”).16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”).
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Forms
more bashful, most bashful| Comparative | more bashful Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bashful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsRelatedbashfulness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form