BASHFUL

bashful. Bashful, a. wanting due confidence, modest

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Bash″ful (băsh″fụl), a. [[See Bash.]] 1. 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
2. 2. Very modest, or modest to 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.