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Meanings of bashfulness in inglés

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Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.

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Examples for "abashment"
Examples for "abashment"
1
And Hassan hung his head in abashment before the King and his father.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
2
In some new sort of half-abashment she found no immediate reply.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
3
Mr. Garland accepted the introduction with signs of abashment, but stated his business simply.
V. V.'s Eyes
4
She raised her eyes with a half-smile of abashment.
Demos
5
He was swept by a sudden awed abashment.
The Net
Usage of bashfulness in inglés
1
Neither assurance nor bashfulness; newspaper print; aid an undoubting air of contentment.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2
2
He was obviously prattling on in order to hide his nervous bashfulness.
The Elusive Pimpernel
3
She stuck her tongue out on her upper lip in peasant bashfulness.
Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
4
The consciousness of possessing great powers and deep sensibility often creates bashfulness.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
5
The boys had lost all their bashfulness about trying to speak French.
One of Ours
6
Wildney had a good voice, and struck up without the least bashfulness-
Eric; Or, Little by Little
7
But after awhile his bashfulness wears off and he begins to chat.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
8
His bashfulness led her to suppose that he was an inexperienced youth.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4
9
Yet the fellow, but for his unaccountable bashfulness, is pretty well too.
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy
10
She put her finger upon my lips, with a kind of bashfulness.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
11
Accustomed to Libby's boldness, Bennett found himself impatient with this girl's bashfulness.
In every heartbeat
12
He showed this too, for there was no bashfulness about Old Royle.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
13
How differently bashfulness impressed one in the case of the weaker sex!
Australia Felix
14
That bashfulness, however, which has been my bane through life, prevented me.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
15
Only because what we call modesty is awkward bashfulness and 'mauvaise honte'.
Letters to His Son, 1750 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
16
That's nothing, interrupted Ned, hiding his bashfulness under a burst of boisterousness.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
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