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shy or easily embarrassed

bashful(adj)

self-consciously timid

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

bashful, blate(adj)

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)

not comfortable around people

a bashful child who hid in his room whenever there were visitors in the house

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