Wiktionary
mauvaise honte
n. bashful, shyness.
Usage examples of "mauvaise honte".
I tippled and talked, for I was not troubled with mauvaise honte even at sixteen, and at eight o'clock I rose to take leave.
In this situation, candour, and an honest confession that I felt a mauvaise honte in disclosing my passion to my father, would undoubtedly have been my safest course.