"bashful" in the adjective sense
1. bashful
self-consciously timid lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
"I never laughed, being bashful
2. bashful, blate
disposed to avoid notice (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
"they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"
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