Bashful

a.	1.	Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
	2.	Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

Adj.	1.	bashful - self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
	2.	bashful - disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) Synonyms: blate

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