Bashfulness and Swellheadedness

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Bashfulness noun - Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.

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Swellheadedness is an antonym for bashfulness.

Swellheadedness noun - An often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements.

Usage example: the staggering degree of swellheadedness that must be necessary to nominate oneself for person of the year

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Bashfulness is an antonym for swellheadedness.

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