bashful

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adjective

1. self-consciously timid (Freq. 1)
- "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
• Similar to:
timid
• Derivationally related forms:
bashfulness
2. 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)
• Syn:
blate
• Similar to:
backward
• Regions:
Scotland