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bashfuladjective not comfortable around peoplea bashful child who hid in his room whenever there were visitors in the house backward, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, withdrawn antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocialawkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprisinginhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight extroverted(also extraverted), immodest, outgoing boon, clubbable(also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, socialbold, dashing, forcefulbrash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy mean not inclined to be forward.shy implies a timid reserve and a shrinking from familiarity or contact with others.shy with strangers bashful implies a frightened or hesitant shyness characteristic of childhood and adolescence.a bashful boy out on his first date diffident stresses a distrust of one's own ability or opinion that causes hesitation in acting or speaking.felt diffident about raising an objection modest suggests absence of undue confidence or conceit.modest about her success coy implies a pretended shyness.put off by her coy manner in 1548 |