Blate (Adjective)
Meaning
Disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful).
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The young laddie was a blate thing and struggled to make friends at the new school.
- Her blate nature made it difficult for her to speak up in meetings, but she was full of great ideas.
- The blate horse shied away from the crowd, preferring the quiet of its stall.
- He was a blate soul and rarely spoke of his personal life to anyone.
- The blate tourists kept to themselves and avoided striking up conversations with the locals.