Definition for Bashfulness:

• feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Synonyms for Bashfulness:

• n.

  •
  • restraint.
  •bashfulness (noun)
  • abashment.
  •constraint (noun)
  • re-serve,
  • re serve,
  • re-serves.
  •coyness (noun)
  • kittenishnesses.
  •diffidence (noun)
  • sheepishness,
  • unassertiveness,
  • insecurity,
  • shyness,
  • timorousness,
  • mousiness,
  • self-consciousness,
  • in security.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • disconcertions,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis composure,
  • un-easiness,
  • un ease,
  • un-ease,
  • mis takes,
  • in discretion,
  • dis composures,
  • un-easinesses,
  • in discretions,
  • un eases,
  • awkward situations,
  • dis-composures,
  • dis-composure,
  • egg face,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • mis-take,
  • in-discretions,
  • mis-takes,
  • mis take,
  • un-eases,
  • in-discretion,
  • dis-tress,
  • un easiness.
  •humbleness (noun)
  • selfefface,
  • self effaces,
  • self-effaces,
  • selfeffaces,
  • self efface.
  •humility (noun)
  • self-abasement,
  • docility,
  • Non-resistance,
  • subjection,
  • lack of pride,
  • docilities,
  • self-abnegation,
  • obsequiousness,
  • fawning,
  • nonresistance,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • subservience.
  •modesty (noun)
  • meekness,
  • selflessness,
  • demureness,
  • reservation,
  • reserve,
  • unselfishness,
  • humbleness,
  • undemonstrativeness.
  •stage fright (noun)
  • aphonia paranoicas,
  • Mutisms,
  • loss speech,
  • buck fevers,
  • stage-fright,
  • mike frights,
  • aphonias,
  • aphonia paralyticas,
  • Spastic Aphonias,
  • aphonia clericorums,
  • hysterical aphonias,
  • flop sweats.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • doubt.
  •Other relevant words:
  • distrust,
  • nervousness,
  • objection,
  • incompatibility,
  • clumsiness,
  • Stickling,
  • uneasiness,
  • blushing,
  • servility,
  • poltroonery,
  • autism,
  • demur,
  • discomfort,
  • wariness,
  • skittishness,
  • shame,
  • withdrawal,
  • mildness,
  • chastity,
  • awkwardness,
  • introversion,
  • self-knowledge,
  • discomposure,
  • apprehension,
  • decency,
  • protest,
  • unpretentiousness,
  • pause,
  • recoil,
  • scruple,
  • detachment,
  • stammering,
  • compunction,
  • retirement,
  • blush,
  • Verecundity,
  • reticence,
  • disgrace,
  • discretion,
  • falter,
  • coldness,
  • confusion,
  • fear,
  • repression,
  • chagrin,
  • unfriendliness,
  • Lowliness,
  • suppression,
  • Demurity,
  • suspicion,
  • self-effacement,
  • hesitation,
  • mortification,
  • qualm,
  • shrinking,
  • distance,
  • submissiveness,
  • boggle.

Antonyms for Bashfulness:

• n.

  • modesty
    confidence, boldness, pride.
  • Other antonyms:
    abandon, haughtiness, assurance, freedom, conceit, arrogance, egotism, sauciness, loquacity, self-sufficiency, impudence, forwardness, Self-conceit, assumption, loquaciousness, indiscretion, pertness, sociability, frankness.

Bashfulness Sentence Examples:

• This was rather too intimate a description, but bashfulness or diffidence she knew were not among Mr. Arranstoun's qualities - or defects.

• It is wonderful to reflect how much distress personal bashfulness causes people, how much they would give to be rid of it, and yet how very little trouble they ever take to acquiring any method of dealing with the difficulty.

Homophones for Bashfulness:

• backflowing.