Hyphenation of bashful

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word bashful? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bash-ful

Definitions of bashful:

1.	Self-consciously timid I never laughed
2.	Being bashful Lowering my head
3.	I looked at the wall- Ezra Pound
4.	Disposed to avoid notice They considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

Synonyms of bashful:

adj	timid
adj	blate, backward

Last hyphenations of this language

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