Definition: disposed to avoid notice
Usage: they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Similar words: backward
Definition: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Usage: a backward lover
Synonyms: bashful
Definition: self-consciously timid
Usage: I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall- Ezra Pound
Similar words: timid
Definition: showing fear and lack of confidence