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Dumbfounded vs Bashful - What's the difference?

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Dumbfounded is a related term of bashful.


As adjectives the difference between dumbfounded and bashful

is that dumbfounded is shocked and speechless while bashful is inclined to avoid notice.

As a verb dumbfounded

is (dumbfound).

dumbfounded

English

Alternative forms

* dumfounded

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • shocked and speechless.

    • Synonyms

    * amazed, astonished, astounded, confounded, flabbergasted, perplexed, shocked, speechless, stunned, surprised

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dumbfound)

    • bashful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bashfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rfc-sense) inclined to avoid notice
  • reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

    • Synonyms

    * shy * See also