how to pronounce bashful

/ˈbæʃfəl/

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bashful is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bashful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… anthony bourdain was never bashful about …”

meaning of bashful

Bashful means shy and modest.

bashful frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bashful occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bashful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bashful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;