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BASHFULNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does bashfulness mean?

• BASHFULNESS (noun)
The noun BASHFULNESS has 1 sense:

1. feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Familiarity information: BASHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BASHFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

abashment; bashfulness

Hypernyms ("bashfulness" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

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