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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.

Synonyms

  • Bashful
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