noun shyness, reserve, embarrassment, constraint, hesitation, modesty, nervousness, lack of confidence, reticence, self-consciousness, timidity, diffidence, coyness, timorousness, mousiness, sheepishness, timidness Suddenly overcome with bashfulness, he lowered his voice.

1 : socially shy or timid : diffident, self-conscious He was bashful as a child. 2 : resulting from or typical of a bashful nature a bashful smile.

Bashful sentence example So he sat there trembling and afraid; for he was a timid, bashful man and did not like to be noticed. In youth he was described as ” a handsome young man, tall, slight, and very erect, bashful , but never awkward.” He is rather bashful and refused to come out of his car for the photograph.

1 She wanted to escape the monotony of her everyday life. 2 The monotony of motorway driving causes many accidents. 3 The monotony of his voice sent me to sleep. 4 She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.

1 : uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity. 2 : tediously uniform or unvarying.

Settled in 1635 as part of Cambridge, it was known as Menotomy (from an Algonquian word meaning “swift waters”) until separately incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. …

adjective. marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.

tedious. Antonyms: interesting, exciting, stirring, charming, fascinating, delightful, amusing. Synonyms: wearisome, tiresome, monotonous, dilatory, dreary, sluggish, irksome, dull, flat, prolix.

(tidiəs ) adjective. If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and frustrating. Such lists are long and tedious to read. Synonyms: boring, dull, dreary, monotonous More Synonyms of tedious.

1. The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms.
2. In the summer, it’s sweltering in the smaller classrooms.
3. We were sweltering at the beach.
4. We were sweltering in our winter clothes.
5. In the sweltering afternoon steam bath it felt refreshing.
6. As sultry as a sweltering day in August.

sweltering, sweltryadjective. excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. “a sweltering room”; “sweltering athletes” Antonyms: cold.

What is another word for heat?

thermal energy