Bashful: alternatives and connections

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Bashful

Abashed; daunted; dismayed.

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Backward 84% connected

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Backward 84% connected

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Timid 84% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

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Timid 84% connected

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bashfulness 74% connected

The quality of being bashful.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bashfulness 74% connected

The quality of being bashful.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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