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41coy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bashful, reserved; chary; shrinking, shy, demure, retiring; coquettish. See modesty. Ant., forward, bold. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bashful, shy, demure, coquettish; see flirtatious , humble 1 .… …
42demure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sedate, staid; modest, diffident, prim, coy. See inexcitability, modesty. Ant., brazen, impudent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shy, prim, coy, bashful; see humble 1 , prudish , shy . See Synonym… …
43humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …
44retiring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. modest, unassuming, self effacing, bashful, withdrawn, shy, diffident. See modesty, humility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shy, quiet, self effacing; see humble 1 , modest 2 , reserved 3 . III (Roget …
45self-effacing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. diffident, modest. See modesty. Ant., self centered, vain. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner: backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest,… …
46modest — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Humble] Syn. unassuming, meek, diffident, shy; see humble 1 , resigned . 2. [Not showy] Syn. unpretentious, unostentatious, unobtrusive, demure, quiet, seemly, proper, decorous, unstudied, plain, simple, natural,… …
47faith — [12] Faith comes ultimately from the prehistoric Indo European *bhidh , *bhoidh (source also of English federal). It produced Latin fidēs ‘faith’, which lies behind a wide range of English words, including confide, defy, diffident (which… …
48faith — [12] Faith comes ultimately from the prehistoric Indo European *bhidh , *bhoidh (source also of English federal). It produced Latin fidēs ‘faith’, which lies behind a wide range of English words, including confide, defy, diffident (which… …
49diffidently — adverb in a diffident manner (Freq. 1) Oh, well, he shrugged diffidently, I like the work. • Derived from adjective: ↑diffident …
50Bashful — Bash ful (b[a^]sh f[.u]l), a. [See {Bash}.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a… …
