Synonyms of bashful
- 1 Syllable
- shyer, shier, coyest, shy, mum, shyest, coyer, hushed, coy
- 2 Syllables
- nervous, mousier, silent, humble, humblest, modest, blushful, timid, sheepish, backward, mousy, humbler, mumer, shrinking, chary, blushing, husher
- 3 Syllables
- silentious, reserved, demurer, verecund, retiring, constrained, rabbity, confused, demure, reticent, abashed, unspeaking, tongue-tied, self-conscious, recoiling, softspoken, ill-at-ease, timorous, ashamed, unboastful, diffident
- 4 Syllables
- unforthcoming, self-controlled, self-restrained, unassuming, overmodest, introverted, unpretending, embarrassed, shamefaced, self-effacing
- 5 Syllables
- unassertive, supplicatory, uneffusive
- 6 Syllables
- uncompanionable