cả thẹn

Thân thiện

Cô ấy là một người rất cả thẹn, hễ ai nói đùa chút là đỏ mặt.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Shy, bashful: Describes a person who is easily embarrassed, modest, or self-conscious, often blushing or feeling awkward in social situations.
   • Prudish, overly modest: Can describe someone who is excessively or affectedly modest, especially regarding matters of propriety or decorum.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy là một người rất cả thẹn. (She is a very shy person.)
  • Đừng cả thẹn quá như vậy! (Don't be so prudish!)
  • Ánh mắt cả thẹn của cậu bé rất đáng yêu. (The boy's bashful look is very endearing.)

Advanced Usage

• The word can carry a slightly negative or critical connotation when implying that someone's shyness or modesty is excessive, affected, or hindering.

Variants and Related Words

• Thẹn (adj): shy, ashamed. A simpler, more common root.
  • Cô ấy thẹn đỏ mặt. (She blushed with shyness.)
• E thẹn (adj): shy, timid. A more literary synonym.
• Xấu hổ (adj): ashamed, embarrassed. Focuses more on the feeling of shame than innate shyness.

Synonyms

• Bashful: shy and easily embarrassed.
• Coy: pretending shyness or modesty to be alluring.
• Demure: reserved, modest, and shy.
• Prudish: excessively concerned with propriety or decorum.

Related Idioms

• While "cả thẹn" itself is not typically part of a common idiom, the concept is related to phrases about shyness:
  • Thẹn thuồng: to feel deeply ashamed or bashful.

    • Anh ta thẹn thuồng không dám ngẩng mặt lên. (He was so ashamed he didn't dare look up.)

Học thuật

1. Shy, self-conscious