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# bashful

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

«bashful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Bashful means shy and easily embarrassed, not wanting to be looked at or to speak in front of others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bashful/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bashful/#x1)
- He went red when they praised him, he was so bashful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bashful/#x2)
- The bashful puppy would not come out from under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bashful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bashful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bashful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bashful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bashful.html) on Mova free.