Bashful
Bashful adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Chicken-livered and bashful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Bashful".
Nearby Word: bashfully
Chicken-livered
Chicken-livered adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: a chicken-livered newspaper editor who has been afraid to take on the town's powerful business elite
Bashful and chicken-livered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bashful" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and bashful
- cowardly and chicken-livered
- shy and bashful
- shy and chicken-livered
- timid and bashful
- timid and chicken-livered
- fearful and bashful
- fearful and chicken-livered
- tremulous and bashful
- tremulous and chicken-livered
- afraid and bashful
- afraid and chicken-livered
- pusillanimous and bashful
- pusillanimous and chicken-livered
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