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; |
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 |