Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Bashfulness |
BashfulnessNoun1. Feeling embarrassed due to modesty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bashfulness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: BashfulnessSynonym: abashment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Modesty | Noun: modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition; unobtrusiveness; bashfulness; Adjective: mauvaise honte; blush, blushing; verecundity; self-knowledge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bashfulness |
| English words defined with "bashfulness": Modesty piece ♦ Rural deanery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bashfulness": Mauvaise Honto ♦ SHANNON. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cure for Bashfulness (1909) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. |
Johnson | Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse. |
Joseph Addison | Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Bashfulness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bashfulness" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "bashfulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bedeesheid (shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | turp (attaint, black eye, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fie upon you, for shame, infamy, mortification, obloquy, opprobrium, pudency, reproach, shame, stain, stigma, taint, turpitude), ndruajtje (misgovern, self consciousness, timid, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حياء (modesty, shame, shyness, timidity), عفة النفس, خجل (abash, be ashamed, blush, dash, diffident, efface oneself, make shy, mantle, redden, shame, shy, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | срамежливост (pudency), свенливост (pudency, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 臊 (belly, skin, smell of urine, to state). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | plachost (shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bedeesdheid (shyness, timidity), verlegenheid (abashment, abulia, bewilderment, embarrassment, perplexity, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sinĝeno (shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ujous (shyness), ujostuttaa (shyness), kainous (shyness), kainostelu (timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | timidité, pudeur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ferlegenens (shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verschämtheit (coyness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συστολή (amount of shrinkage, compression, conduit reducer, constraint, contraction, convergence, coyness, neck, pipe reducer, reducer, reducing coupling, reduction, reduction piece, retraction, shrinkage, shyness, sub, substitute, systole, to contract), σεμνότητα (decency, maidenliness, modesty, pudicity), αιδημοσύνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ביש ות (diffidence, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szégyenlõsség, félénkség (coyness, diffidence, faintheartedness, pusillanimity, shamefacedness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perasaan malu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vergogna (disgrace, fie, reproach, shame), timidezza (diffidence, nervousness, shamefacedness, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 羞恥 (shyness), 内気 (reserve, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅうち (common knowledge, shyness, the wisdom of the many, well known), うちき (reserve, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | nearaght, faitid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashfulnessbay timiditate (coyness, diffidence, hesitation, shyness, timidity, timorousness), sfialã (coyness, shyness, timidity), ruşine (abashment, abomination, blot, confusion, contempt, disgrace, infamy, reproach, scandal, shame, shyness, stain), ruşinare (shamefacedness, shyness), pudoare (chastity, decency, delicacy, shame), jenã (abashment, awkwardness, discomfort, embarrassment, hindrance, reserve, shyness, squirm, timidity, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, want). (various references) робость (cowardice, diffidence, sheepishness, shyness, timidity). (various references) n ire (ignominy; feeling of shame, shame), clathn ire. (various references) stidljivost (demureness, pudency, timidity). (various references) vergüenza (abashment, disgrace, embarrassment, ignominy, odium, shame, shamefacedness, shamefulness), timidez (backwardness, diffidence, nervousness, self consciousness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness), apocamiento. (various references) blyghet (diffidence, shyness, timidity). (various references) ความอาย. (various references) utangaçlık (coyness, pudency, shyness, timidity, timidness), sıkılganlık (shyness), çekingenlik (coyness, demureness, diffidence, inhibition, reserve, shyness, timidity, timidness). (various references) скромність (chastity, demureness, lowliness, modesty, simplicity), соромливість (backwardness, nicety, pudency, shamefacedness, shyness), боязкість (diffidence, nervousness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, timidity, timidness). (various references) sự rụt rè (diffidence, sheepishness), sự e lệ, sự bẽn lẽn (sheepishness). (various references) yswildod (shyness, timidity), swilder (shyness), gwyleidd-dra (modesty), gwylder (modesty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aporia, aporiatio, pudor, pudore, verecundia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bashfulness": bashfulnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bashfulness" (pronounced 'Bash"ful*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness, Creditableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-h-l-n-s-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: flushness. | |
-3 letters: bushless, halfness, lushness, subsales, unlashes. | |
-4 letters: ashless, baneful, bashful, blushes, bushels, flashes, flushes, fulness, hansels, hassels, hassles, hausens, nebulas, sensual, slashes, slushes, snashes, subsale, sunless, unleash, unseals. | |
-5 letters: ablush, abuses, anuses, bashes, basses, behalf, bushel, bushes, busses, fables, fashes, flanes, fusels, fusses, hansel, hanses, hassel, hassle, hausen, lashes, lasses, lehuas, lushes, nebula, sables, sashes, selahs, shales, shauls, sheafs, sheals, snafus, suable, subahs, subsea, sulfas, uhlans, unable, unlash, unless, unsafe, unseal, usable, usneas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-f-h-l-n-s-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: bashfulnesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 73 68 66 75 6C 6E 65 73 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- ... .... ..-. ..- .-.. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110011 01101000 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a s h f u l n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0073 0068 0066 0075 006C 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667857472877880718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
