BASHFULNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Synonyms:

abashment; bashfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

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

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

Derivation:

bashful (self-consciously timid)

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