Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

bashful
     adj 1: self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful;
            lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
     2: 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) [syn: {blate}]