adjective
definition
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
definition
Indicating bashfulness.
example
a bashful look
Examples of bashful in a Sentence
So he sat there trembling and afraid; for he was a timid, bashful man and did not like to be noticed.
He is rather bashful and refused to come out of his car for the photograph.
In youth he was described as " a handsome young man, tall, slight, and very erect, bashful, but never awkward."
Sasha is not bashful with Willoughby; she just started pushing her way in.
Sizes are small, medium or large, and colors include bashful pink, champagne toast and bedtime blue.
They're dressed like geography teachers and look thoroughly bashful.
Paruresis (also known as ' bashful bladder ' syndrome) is another type of social phobia.
By 17 miles the die was cast and a far from bashful Basher commenced the long descent toward the finish line.
Despite this, artists are frequently too dreamy or bashful to pursue fair wages for their troubles.
At fourteen I married you sir, so bashful I could only hide, My frowning face turned to the wall.
There are only three of them in all the world, and not only are they harmless, but quite bashful and shy.
Snow White Fired by the head of DisneyWorld after she said she was feeling bashful.
When I was seventeen I was very bashful, and a sixteen-year-old girl came to stay a week with us.
Although the Manatee are quite docile and somewhat bashful, we discourage actually going in to swim with them.
He loved the way she could be wanton and sensual one minute, then bashful and demure the next.
If you're bashful, or are already exceptionally tall, then a simple six and three-quarter inch model can be easily dressed up with the addition of little red dice resting within the Lucite hole of your shoe sole.
Women really worked hard for that bashful glow, and it was something really valued as being important when it came to cosmetics and fashion.
However, if you're bashful, the presence of a g-string will grant you the illusion of safety because you are still, indeed, wearing underpants.