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Hesitating vs Bashful - What's the difference?

hesitating | bashful | Related terms |

Hesitating is a related term of bashful.


As a verb hesitating

is .

As a noun hesitating

is hesitation.

As an adjective bashful is

inclined to avoid notice.

hesitating

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitation
  • * (Charles Dickens)
  • Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two,

    bashful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bashfull (archaic)

    Adjective

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

    * shy * See also