bashful

adjectives

self-consciously timid

"I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound

bashful

is derived from

is similar to

showing fear and lack of confidence

disposed to avoid notice

"they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

bashful, blate