bashfulness

The young assistant's bashfulness commended him to his mother-in-law's good graces.

The glance which she took of him seemed to be one rather of uncertainty and hesitation, than of bashfulness or timidity.

There was the bed, certainly, if I could conquer my bashfulness and make use of it.

The virgin's reserve before man is but a very moderate bashfulness if compared with the pell-mell flight of a young mole intacta.

Frank did so, rather reluctantly, and seated himself with unwonted bashfulness on the edge of a chair.