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Synonyms for bashful
adj shyAntonyms for bashful
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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More words related to bashful
ashamed
adjective. regretting, remorseful
- abashed
- apologetic
- bashful
- blushing
- chagrined
- compunctious
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- crestfallen
- debased
- demeaned
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- distraught
- distressed
- embarrassed
- flustered
- guilty
- hesitant
- humble
- humbled
- humiliated
- meek
- mortified
- muddled
- penitent
- regretful
- reluctant
- repentant
- shamed
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shy
- sorry
- stammering
- stuttering
- submissive
blushing
adjective. turning red
- ashamed
- bashful
- blushful
- embarrassed
- flushed
- flushing
- humiliated
- red-faced
- reddening
demure
adjective. reserved, affected
diffident
adjective. hesitant; unconfident
humble
adjective. meek, unassuming
- apprehensive
- backward
- bashful
- biddable
- blushing
- content
- courteous
- deferential
- demure
- diffident
- docile
- fearful
- gentle
- hesitant
- lowly
- manageable
- mild
- modest
- obliging
- obsequious
- ordinary
- polite
- quiet
- reserved
- respectful
- retiring
- reverential
- sedate
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
- sheepish
- shy
- simple
- soft-spoken
- standoffish
- submissive
- subservient
- supplicatory
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- tractable
- unambitious
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- withdrawn
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.