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bashfulness

N ความอาย ความประหม่า ความขวยเขิน shyness khwam-ai

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BASHFULNESS

n.Excessive or extreme modesty; a quality of mind often visible in external appearance, as in blushing, a downcast look, confusion, etc. 2. Vicious or rustic shame.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BASHFULNESS

BASHFULNESS Bash "ful *ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being bashful.

Syn. -- Bashfulness, Modesty, Diffidence, Shyness. Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves; bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust; shyness usually arises from an excessive self-consciousness, and a painful impression that every one is looking at us. Modesty of deportment is becoming at all; bashfulness often gives rise to mistakes and blundering; diffidence is society frequently makes a man a burden to himself; shyness usually produces a reserve or distance which is often mistaken for haughtiness.