English
Etymology
Apheresis of abashed -ful ( “ full of ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : [ˈbæʃfəɫ] , [ˈbæʃfʊɫ]
Adjective
bashful (comparative more bashful , superlative most bashful )
Shy ; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.Indicating bashfulness.
a bashful look
Synonyms
Translations
inclined to avoid notice
Aromanian: arushinos
Bulgarian: плах (bg) ( plah ) , свенлив (bg) ( svenliv ) , срамежлив (bg) ( sramežliv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 害羞 (zh) ( hàixiū )
Dutch: verlegen (nl) , timide (nl)
Finnish: ujo (fi)
French: timide (fr)
German: schüchtern (de) , verlegen (de) , scheu (de)
Greek: ντροπαλός (el) ( ntropalós )
Ancient: αἰδήμων ( aidḗmōn ) , αἰδοῖος ( aidoîos )
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Irish: náireach náiriúil
Italian: vergognoso (it) m timido (it) m modesto (it) m
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 恥ずかしがり屋の ( はずかしがりやの, hazukashigariya no )
Khmer: អៀន (km) ( iǝn )
Latin: pudens verēcundus
Latvian: kaunīgs
Maori: konekone numinumi
Norwegian: beskjeden (no) , sky (no) , forlegen
Portuguese: tímido (pt) , recatado (pt)
Romanian: rușinos (ro)
Russian: засте́нчивый (ru) ( zasténčivyj ) , ро́бкий (ru) ( róbkij ) , скро́мный (ru) ( skrómnyj )
Spanish: tímido (es) m
Welsh: swil (cy)