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21Sheepishly — Sheepish Sheep ish, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [1913 Webster] Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a… …
22Sheepishness — Sheepish Sheep ish, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [1913 Webster] Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a… …
23bashful — a. Shy, timid, timorous, coy, diffident, sheepish, shamefaced, over modest, not self possessed …
24diffident — a. 1. Distrustful, doubtful, hesitating, reluctant. 2. Bashful, timid, sheepish, over modest, shy, distrustful of one s self …
25shame-faced — a. Bashful, diffident, over modest …
26sheepish — a. Timid, shame faced, over modest, very bashful, excessively diffident, timorous …
27timid — a. 1. Timorous, fearful, skittish, shy, cowardly, pusillanimous, faint hearted, chicken hearted, easily frightened. 2. Diffident, bashful, retiring, coy, shrinking, blushing, shame faced, over modest …
28strait-laced — adj puritanical, puritan, prudish, nice nelly, moralistic, strict, austere, ascetic; severe, precise, abstinent, abstemious; stiff, stiff necked, rigid, arbitrary, narrow, uncompromising; priggish, over modest, old maidish, old fashioned, of the… …
29скромничать — СКРОМНИЧАТЬ, несов., без доп. Разг. Вести себя излишне застенчиво, сдержанно, робко, скрывая, утаивая свои заслуги, не выказывая каких л. своих положительных качеств; Ант.: Разг. важничать, пыжиться [impf. coll. to be over modest, pretend modesty …
30Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
