BASHFUL

bashful, blate

(adjective) 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)

bashful

(adjective) self-consciously timid; “I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall”- Ezra Pound

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

bashful (comparative more bashful, superlative most bashful)

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.

Indicating bashfulness.

Synonyms

• shy

• See also shy

Source: Wiktionary

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Bash"ful, a. Etym: [See Bash.]

1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]

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

Syn.

– Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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