Embarrassment · rare

bashful

Pleased attention received badly: warmth with nowhere to look.

On the face
A glowing, ducked smile.
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happy 55 · sad 50 · afraid 25 · suppression 15
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More on being bashful

Bashful is warmth with nowhere to look, the glowing, ducked smile of someone who likes the compliment and cannot at all handle it. The word is a worn-down form of 'abashed'.

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