Don't be a wallflower.
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Wallflower
//ˈwɔlˌflaʊ.ɚ//
Synonyms for "wallflower" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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2 entriesderived from
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15 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تُودَرِيّ noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- خَيْرِيّ noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- فُجْل الْجَمَلِ noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- قَصِيصَة noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Armenian
1 entries- շահպրակ noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- sarılıqotu noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- ساریلیق اوْتو noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Bulgarian
2 entries- боя́нка noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- шибо́й noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Catalan
1 entries- erísim noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壁花 noun (socially awkward person)
Danish
2 entries- bly viol noun (socially awkward person)
- hjørneklap noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Dutch
2 entries- muurbloem noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- steenraket noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Finnish
4 entries- seinäkoriste noun (person who does not dance at a party)
- seinäkukkanen noun (person who does not dance at a party)
- seinäkukkanen noun (socially awkward person)
- seinäruusu noun (person who does not dance at a party)
French
2 entries- herbe aux chantres noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- vélar noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Galician
1 entries- alecrín noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
German
4 entries- Goldlack noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- Lackstock noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- Lackviole noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- Mauerblümchen noun (person who does not dance at a party)
Hebrew
2 entries- אריסימון noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- פרח קיר noun (socially awkward person)
Hungarian
4 entries- félrehúzódó ember noun (socially awkward person)
- petrezselymet árul noun (person who does not dance at a party)
- sárgaviola noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- téli viola noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Icelandic
3 entries- bekkjarrós noun (socially awkward person)
- gulltoppur noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- veggjaskraut noun (socially awkward person)
Irish
1 entries- lus an bhalla noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Italian
1 entries- violaciocca noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Japanese
1 entries- 壁の花 noun (socially awkward person)
Kazakh
1 entries- сарыбасшөп noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Latin
1 entries- viola noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Macedonian
1 entries- шебој noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Norwegian
1 entries- veggpryd noun (socially awkward person)
Persian
2 entries- خیری noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- شببوی noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Polish
4 entries- gastrolobium wielkokwiatowe noun (Gastrolobium grandiflorum)
- lak noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- pszonak noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- trusia noun (person who does not dance at a party)
Portuguese
2 entries- goiveira noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- goivo noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Romanian
3 entries- micsandră-de-munte noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- micsandră-sălbatică noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- micșunea noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Russian
4 entries- желтофио́ль noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- желту́шник noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- тихо́ня noun (person who does not dance at a party)
- тихо́ня noun (socially awkward person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- šèboj noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- шѐбој noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Slovene
1 entries- šebọ̑j noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Spanish
4 entries- alhelí noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- fea del baile noun (socially awkward person)
- feo del baile noun (socially awkward person)
- inadaptado noun (socially awkward person)
Swedish
4 entries- blyg viol noun (socially awkward person)
- gyllenlack noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- kårel noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
- panelhöna noun (person who does not dance at a party)
Turkish
1 entries- şebboy noun (herb of the Erysimum genus)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
She is just a wallflower.
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It's just too pathetic that this henpecked husband ended up hooking up with a wallflower.
Source: tatoeba (669772)
She's just a wallflower.
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