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What (who) is bashfulness - definition

FEELING OF APPREHENSION, DISCOMFORT OR AWKWARDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE
Shy; Genetics of shyness; Shying; Social shyness; Bashfulness; Diffidence; Diffident; Genetics of Shyness
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Shyness, timidity, coyness, diffidence, self-distrust, excessive modesty.
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·noun The quality of being bashful.

Wikipedia

Shyness

Shyness (also called diffidence) is the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness especially when a person is around other people. This commonly occurs in new situations or with unfamiliar people; a shy person may simply opt to avoid these situations. Although shyness can be a characteristic of people who have low self-esteem, the primary defining characteristic of shyness is a fear of what other people will think of a person's behavior. This fear of negative reactions such as being laughed at, humiliated or patronized, criticized or rejected can cause a shy person to retreat. Stronger forms of shyness can be referred to as social anxiety or social phobia.

Examples of use of bashfulness
1. Guys and gals alike hung on his every word and were entertained by the sensual heckling that made the singer/songwriter blush, as well as confront his bashfulness.
2. For example, he quotes him as admitting "I have a daring nature and a timid character," and explains that "social life had replaced his natural confidence with bashfulness and hypersensitivity." Reading Damrosch‘s sympathetic portrayal of Rousseau‘s often self–imposed troubles, it sometimes seems that Rousseau chose the path of failure as a kind of hermeneutic – a way to see more reality than conventional success would have allowed.