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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, chagrined, disgraced, guilty, humble, humbled, humiliated, mortified, regretful, shamed, sorry |
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, chary, confused, constrained, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, overmodest, recoiling, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | self-conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insecure with oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, anxious, artificial, awkward, bashful, diffident, discomfited, embarrassed, ill-at-ease, mannered, nervous, out of countenance, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure |
| Antonyms: | assured, secure, sure, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | sheepish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, chagrined, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, mortified, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed |
| Main Entry: | shy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet and self-conscious |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, averse, backward, bashful, cautious, chary, circumspect, conscious, coy, demure, diffident, disinclined, distrustful, fearful, hesitant, humble, indisposed, introvert, introverted, loath, loner, modest, nervous, recessive, reluctant, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, skittish, suspicious, timid, unassertive, unassured, uneager, uneffusive, unresponsive, unsocial, unwilling, wary |
| Antonyms: | confident, extroverted, unashamed, unreserved, unshy |
| Main Entry: | sorry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remorseful, regretful |
| Synonyms: | apologetic, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, melted, penitent, penitential, repentant, self-accusing, self-condemnatory, self-reproachful, shamefaced, softened, touched |
| Antonyms: | glad, happy, unremorseful, unsorry |
| Main Entry: | shamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, chagrined, embarrassed, guilty, humiliated, mortified, shamefaced |
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