1. bashful - Adjective
2. bashful - Adjective Satellite
Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe bashful are always aggressive at heart. Charles Cooley
I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, Of needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. William Cowper
Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty; Here's to the flaunting, extravegant quean, And here's to the housewife that's thrifty. Let the toast pass - Drink to the lass; I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A bashful dog never fattens. German Proverb
He that wants should not be bashful. Italian Proverb
A bashful beggar will have an empty wallet. Hungarian Proverb