bashfulness
noun[U]
uk/ˈbæʃ.fəl.nəs/us/ˈbæʃ.fəl.nəs/thequalityof being veryshyoreasilyembarrassed:
害羞，羞怯Theirsonwas wellbehaved, but his bashfulnessworriedhisparents.他们的儿子表现得很好，但他的害羞让他父母担心。
When shestartstosing, anytraceof bashfulnessdisappears.当她开始唱歌时，任何羞怯的样子都无影无踪了。
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bashful
- Thesesonsanddaughtersofurbanprofessionalscarriedthemselves withconfidenceandspokewell, without any bashfulness.
- He has aquietcourtesyand anaturalbashfulness.
- Bashfulness is not atraitmuchfoundamongnewspapercolumnists.
- Hissuddenbashfulness could have something to do with alistofdemandsthat he’dratherhad not come tolight.
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- be backward in coming forwardidiom
- deprecating
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- introversion
- mousy
- reticent
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- self-deprecatingly
- wallflower
- withdrawn