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  • 31shy — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonic, about the bush, afraid, agnostic, apprehensive, around the bush, arrested, averse, avert, avoid, back down, backhanded, backward, balance, balk, bankrupt in, bare of, bashful, be startled, bear off, beat… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32Die Büchse der Pandora — (Pandora s Box) by Benjamin Franklin Wedekind    Premiered 1903. In some ways, Pandora s Box is a repudiation of the play it succeeds, Erdgeist (Earth Spirit). It features Lulu and many of the same characters reaping the whirlwind sown in the… …

    Historical dictionary of German Theatre

  • 33modesty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Timidity Nouns modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity, bashfulness; shyness, unobtrusiveness; shame; reserve, constraint; demureness. Verbs 1. be modest, retire, give way to, retire into one s shell,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 34embarrassed — adj 1. abashed, chagrined, nonplused, humiliated, mortified, put down, humbled; disconcerted, discomforted, uncomfortable, ill at ease, discomfited, discomposed, upset, flustered; ashamed, shamefaced, blushing, flush, flushed, red faced, red in… …

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