bashful | Definition of bashful

Synonyms and Antonyms of bashful

not comfortable around people

a bashful child who hid in his room whenever there were visitors in the house

Synonyms of bashful

backward, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, withdrawn

Words Related to bashful

antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial

awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising

inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms of bashful

boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social

bold, dashing, forceful

brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms of bashful

extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing