wallflower
IPA: wˈɔɫfɫaʊɝ
noun
- Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers.
- Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.
- A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place.
- (informal) Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved.
verb
- (intransitive) To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in.
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Examples of "wallflower" in Sentences
- Charlie is the wallflower of the novel.
- Brittany looks like a modest wallflower.
- I'm usually the sad, drooping wallflower myself.
- He likes people and that's helpful; he's not a wallflower.
- Let's leave it up and see if this little wallflower grows.
- She's not a wallflower, and later marries and has children.
- I decided not to be a wallflower about it and made the change.
- It is a member of the wallflower genus in the mustard family, the Brassicaceae.
- She has described herself during childhood as part extrovert, part wallflower .
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