Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bashful

Bashful (bash"ful) , adjective

[See Bash.]

1.
Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obsolete]
2.
Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.