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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)