Word: overbashful
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: o
ver
bash
ful
Definition: Excessively bashful; disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: abash
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
Meaning: out of
Affix: bado
Language: la
Decoded: bado
Meaning: I gape, yawn
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.
Affix: -ful
Language: en
Meaning: full of