bashful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bashful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bashful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bashful adj self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound 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) Synonym(s): bashful, blate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bashful \Bash"ful\, a. [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.