Lacking self-confidence
English: diffident, shy, timid, unsure
Bahasa: malu, canggung, pemalu, segan, takut-takut, likat, celih, kesipu-sipuan
malu-maluBahasa Indonesia
Mimosa pudica, action plant, backward, bashful, coy
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#13,558 of the corpus · 4 per million words · 17,191 occurrences
From malu (reduplication) · common, #1,829
Adjective
Self-consciously timid, lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
English: bashful
Bahasa: pemalu, segan-segan, Pemalu
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Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
English: coy, demure, overmodest
Bahasa: bersahaja
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2 more adjective senses
Showing a sense of shame
English: shamefaced, sheepish
Bahasa: kemalu-maluan, tersipu-sipu
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(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
English: backward
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Noun
Prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia, heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
English: sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
Bahasa: semalu, keman, sikejut, simalu, kejut-kejut, puteri malu, putri malu, rebah bangun
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Verb
To go stealthily or furtively
English: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot
Bahasa: mencuri, merayap, menjalar, melata, merembet, menjulur, merayapi, menyulur
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