blate

• Adjectif désuet signifiant timide, réservé ou embarrassé dans le comportement.

An obsolete adjective meaning bashful, timid, or shy in manner.

1. Bashful or shyC2informalbritish

   Disposed to avoid notice; timid or bashful in manner.

   Timide, réservé

   • The blate child hid behind his mother's skirt.
   • He was too blate to speak up during the meeting.
   • Her blate demeanor made her seem unfriendly to strangers.

   Synonymesbashfulcoydiffidentmeekreservedretiringshytimid

   Antonymesaudaciousboldbrazenforwardimmodestshameless

• Verbe désuet signifiant bêler, crier ou émettre un son semblable à celui d'un mouton ou d'un veau ; également utilisé au sens figuré pour désigner un bavardage ou un discours insensé.

An obsolete verb meaning to bleat, cry, or make a noise like a sheep or calf; also used figuratively to mean to babble or talk foolishly.

1. Cry plaintivelyC2informalbritish

   To make a soft, mournful, or plaintive cry, like a sheep or lamb.

   Bêler plaintivement

   • The lamb blated softly in the field.
   • She could hear the sheep blating in the distance.
   • The lost calf blated for its mother.

   Synonymesblatbleat