Bashfulness
31αἰσχυντηλία — αἰσχυντηλίᾱ , αἰσχυντηλία bashfulness fem nom/voc/acc dual αἰσχυντηλίᾱ , αἰσχυντηλία bashfulness fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
32abashment — noun feeling embarrassed due to modesty • Syn: ↑bashfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑bashful (for: ↑bashfulness), ↑abash • Hypernyms: ↑embarrassment …
33in one's shell — or[into one s shell] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} In or into bashfulness; into silence; not sociable; unfriendly. * /After Mary s mother scolded her, she went into her shell./ * /The teacher tried to get Rose to talk to her, but she stayed… …
34out of one's shell — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Out of one s bashfulness or silence; into friendly conversation. Usually used after come . * /John wouldn t come out of his shell and talk to the boys and girls at the party./ * /The other girls tried to draw Ella out of… …
35warm up — {v.} 1. To reheat cooked food. * /Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up./ * /When the children had left for school, their mother warmed up the breakfast coffee./ 2. To become friendly or interested. * /It… …
36in one's shell — or[into one s shell] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} In or into bashfulness; into silence; not sociable; unfriendly. * /After Mary s mother scolded her, she went into her shell./ * /The teacher tried to get Rose to talk to her, but she stayed… …
37out of one's shell — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Out of one s bashfulness or silence; into friendly conversation. Usually used after come . * /John wouldn t come out of his shell and talk to the boys and girls at the party./ * /The other girls tried to draw Ella out of… …
38warm up — {v.} 1. To reheat cooked food. * /Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up./ * /When the children had left for school, their mother warmed up the breakfast coffee./ 2. To become friendly or interested. * /It… …
39Coyness — Coy ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned o? bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. [1913 Webster] When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again. Dryden. Syn: Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness;… …
40downcast — down cast , a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster] T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. 2. depressed; dispirited;… …
