What is the meaning of bashful?

adjective

  • 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)
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