aw-shucks
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adjective \ˈȯ-ˌshəks\Definition of AW-SHUCKS
: being or marked by an unsophisticated, self-conscious, or self-effacing manner <an aw–shucks grin>
First Known Use of AW-SHUCKS
1951
Related to AW-SHUCKS
- Synonyms
- aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf (or naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed
- Antonyms
- cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
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