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What is the adjective for bashful?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb bash which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bashful
  1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
  2. Indicating bashfulness.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. shy, diffident, modest, reserved, retiring, timid, withdrawn, demure, coy, introverted, meek, reticent, timorous, sheepish, shrinking, unassertive, embarrassed, humble, recessive, backward, nervous, insecure, shamefaced, silent, mousy, apprehensive, blushing, hesitant, unconfident, constrained, abashed, reluctant, inhibited, wary, overmodest, chary, doubting, blushful, recoiling, verecund, self-effacing, self-conscious, faint-hearted, aw-shucks, easily embarrassed, quiet, unassuming, unpretentious, restrained, unforthcoming … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I noticed a flush on Angie's cheek as Christopher smiled, bashful but reserved.”
      “I told him I thought he looked pretty good considering, but he was bashful and said he thought he looked pretty bad.”
      “I think, all evidence to the contrary, she was pleasantly surprised when I turned out to be a studious, introverted, bashful child.”
bashable
  1. Capable of being bashed or hit.
bashfull
  1. Archaic form of bashful.
bashfuller
  1. comparative form of bashful: more bashful
bashed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bash
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hit, hat, hitten, struck, stricken, thumped, smacked, knocked, punched, slapped, wallopped, walloped, whacked, belted, socked, clouted, pounded, clobbered, banged, thwacked, swatted, bopped, hammered, clipped, clipt, cracked, biffed, rapped, slugged, slammed, swiped, boxed, smote, smit, smitten, smited, beat, beaten, busted, batted, bludgeoned, slogged, whaled, clocked, clapped, clapt, pasted, bonked, nailed, bobbed … more
bashing
  1. present participle of bash
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hitting, striking, thumping, smacking, knocking, punching, slapping, wallopping, walloping, whacking, belting, socking, clouting, pounding, clobbering, banging, thwacking, swatting, bopping, hammering, clipping, cracking, biffing, rapping, slugging, slamming, swiping, boxing, smiting, beating, busting, batting, bludgeoning, slogging, whaling, clocking, clapping, pasting, bonking, nailing, bobbing, pummelling, pummeling, buffeting, buffetting, zapping, battering, tagging, thrashing, decking … more
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