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The young assistant's bashfulness commended him to his mother-in-law's good graces.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZACThe glance which she took of him seemed to be one rather of uncertainty and hesitation, than of bashfulness or timidity.
THE FORTUNES OF NIGELSIR WALTER SCOTTThere was the bed, certainly, if I could conquer my bashfulness and make use of it.
CASTELLINARIAHENRY FESTING JONESThe virgin's reserve before man is but a very moderate bashfulness if compared with the pell-mell flight of a young mole intacta.
THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVEREMY DE GOURMONTFrank did so, rather reluctantly, and seated himself with unwonted bashfulness on the edge of a chair.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSHer encouraging solicitations, however, conquered his bashfulness, and he drank till he became intoxicated.
THE CHRONICLES OF CRIME OR THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR. V. 1/2CAMDEN PELHAMTo my pleased inquiries as to the cause of his return, he finally murmured with pretty bashfulness, "I were homesick for you!"
MOTHERING ON PERILOUSLUCY S. FURMANSeveral weeks passed on, when one morning she came to me in the sweetest confusion, the loveliest mixture of bashfulness and joy.
COUNTRY LODGINGSMARY RUSSELL MITFORDI remember well with what mingled bashfulness and pride I entered the room, with Margot holding my hand.
SIR JASPER CAREWCHARLES JAMES LEVERHe was also at the age when bashfulness held him in reserve, even though he were in love and intensely emotional.
THE "GENIUS"THEODORE DREISERWORDS RELATED TO BASHFULNESS
- awkward situation
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- boo boo
- chagrin
- clumsiness
- complexity
- confusion
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- egg on face
- faux pas
- fix
- hitch
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mess
- mistake
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- unease
- uneasiness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.