bashful

«bashful» in Mova's school dictionary: shy and easily embarrassed, not wanting to be looked at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (bashfuller, bashfullest; more bashful, most bashful)

meaning for a pupil

Bashful means shy and easily embarrassed, not wanting to be looked at or to speak in front of others. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, describes a shy person or an object that will not speak up, often to make a funny point.

examples

• The bashful girl hid behind her mother. tree →
• He went red when they praised him, he was so bashful. tree →
• The bashful puppy would not come out from under the bed. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bashful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.