bashful ******************************************************************************** {dag}1. Wanting in self-possession, daunted, dismayed. Obs. 2. Of persons: Shrinking from publicity, shamefaced, shy. Sometimes used in a good or neutral sense = Sensitively modest in demeanour; sometimes depreciatively = Excessively self-conscious, embarrassed and ill at ease in society, `sheepish.' 3. Of things, actions, etc.: Characterizing or characterized by extreme sensitiveness or modesty. {dag}4. Exciting a feeling of shame. Obs.