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• Bashful Brother Oswald — (* 26. Dezember 1911 als Beecher Ray Kirby; † 17. Oktober 2002) war ein US amerikanischer Country Musiker, der die Resonatorgitarre (Dobro) bekannt machte. Er spielte mit Roy Acuffs Smoky Mountain Boys und war Mitglied der Grand Ole Opry. Er war… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Bashful — may refer to: *Shyness *Bashful (film), a 1917 American film *Bashful (character), a character from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs …   Wikipedia

• Bashful — Bash ful (b[a^]sh f[.u]l), a. [See {Bash}.] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bashful — index diffident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• bashful — 1540s, from baishen to be filled with consternation or dismay (mid 14c.), from O.Fr. baissier bring down, humiliate (see ABASH (Cf. abash)). Related: Bashfully; bashfulness (1530s) …   Etymology dictionary

• bashful — *shy, diffident, modest, coy Analogous words: shrinking, recoiling (see RECOIL vb): timorous, *timid: embarrassed, abashed (see EMBARRASS) Antonyms: forward: brazen Contrasted words: brash, barefaced, impudent, *shameless: bold, intrepid (see …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• bashful — [adj] shy 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 …   New thesaurus

• bashful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ shy and easily embarrassed. DERIVATIVES bashfully adverb bashfulness noun. ORIGIN from obsolete bash «make or become abashed» …   English terms dictionary

• bashful — [bash′fəl] adj. [(A)BASH + FUL] 1. timid, shy, and easily embarrassed 2. showing an embarrassed timidity SYN. SHY1 bashfully adv. bashfulness n …   English World dictionary

• Bashful Brother Oswald — Infobox musical artist | Name = Bashful Brother Oswald Img capt = Img size = Background = solo singer Birth name = Beecher Ray Kirby Alias = Pete Kirby Born = Birth date|1911|12|26|df=yes Sevier County, Tennessee United States Died = Death date… …   Wikipedia

• Bashful (film) — Infobox Film name = Bashful image size = caption = director = Alfred J. Goulding producer = Hal Roach writer = H.M. Walker narrator = starring = Harold Lloyd music = cinematography = Walter Lundin editing = distributor = Pathé released = 23… …   Wikipedia