bashful

Adjective Satellite

• self-consciously timid; - Ezra Pound
  • "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"
• 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"

Adj

• Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
• Indicating bashfulness.

Adjective

• Reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.

Examples

• a bashful look
• Don’t be bashful; play that bingo on the triple-word score!

Synonyms

blate, blushful, sheepish, shy

Anagrams of bashful