Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't plan on being bashful.
I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.
If something can be said to make an awkward moment even worse, I'm going to say it.
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.
The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one's private soul.
I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.
Unkindness is quite a major sin.
Understanding the need for religion is a far superior goal to bashing it.
The bashful are always aggressive at heart.