blate

• Adjetivo arcaico ou dialetal que significa tímido, acanhado ou retraído no comportamento; também pode indicar falta de iniciativa ou hesitação.

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

1. Bashful or shyC2informalbritish

   Disposed to avoid notice; timid or bashful in manner.

   Tímido

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbashfulcoydiffidentmeekreservedretiringshytimid

   Antônimosaudaciousboldbrazenforwardimmodestshameless

• Verbo arcaico que significa balir, gritar ou emitir um som semelhante ao de uma ovelha ou bezerro; também é usado em sentido figurado para tagarelar ou falar tolices.

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.

   Balir plangente

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

   Sinônimosblatbleat