bashful
bash fuhl
- s self-consciously timid; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
I never laughed, being bashful - s disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it
- One other thing about those Clinton events yesterday: The woman is not at all bashful about stealing from her rivals.
- Naturally M'Toto was modest and bashful.
- Why so bashful? Science finds something complex--and cunning--behind the curtain.