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What is the adjective for bashfulness?

What's the adjective for bashfulness? Here's the word you're looking for.

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 shy, diffident, modest, reserved, retiring, timid, withdrawn, demure, coy, introverted, meek, reticent, timorous, sheepish, shrinking, unassertive, embarrassed, humble, recessive, backward, nervous, insecure, shamefaced,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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