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Antonyms for bashful
ˈbæʃ fəlbash·ful
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bashfuladjective
self-consciously timid
"I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
Synonyms:
blatebashful, blateadjective
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)
Synonyms:
blate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bashfuladjective
Synonyms:
over-modest, diffident, coy, shamefaced, sheepish, retiring
How to use bashful in a sentence?
Chief Executive Bryan Stockton:
We may have been a little bashful to push on the creative side, we need to push ourselves a little further, let ourselves be a little freer, a little less formulaic.
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled.
We had an interesting nucleus of people when I was in Trump White House -- the initial team. We were not bashful. It was a group that was willing to tell the President what he needed to know, whether he wanted to hear it or not.
We have not been remotely bashful.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1403 | forward | |
#3945 | bold | |
#41497 | pert | |
#67211 | conceited | |
#69465 | unreserved | |
#74473 | bashful | |
#99755 | ostentatious | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#236805 | egotistic |
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