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What does bashful mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bashful? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
  2. Indicating bashfulness.
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In scene one, Edie, the make-believe cheerleader, queens it over bashful high-school boy Tom.
I noticed a flush on Angie's cheek as Christopher smiled, bashful but reserved.
I will always remember the look of bashful happiness on Arthur's face as people in the audience constantly called out his name.
I told him I thought he looked pretty good considering, but he was bashful and said he thought he looked pretty bad.
If you go and you're kind of acting bashful and you don't belong, I think people can spot that on you.
His attractive features had caught her off guard, leaving her tongue-tied and bashful.

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