bashful

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
2. adjective Indicating bashfulness.

   a bashful look

Similar words

timid blate backward coy shy embarrassed embarrassing shame ashamed feeble

Often followed by

and about to in young man as boy smile

Word family

bashfuller bashfullest bashfully bashfulness bashfulnesses