shy

shy
index deficient, diffident, guarded, hesitant, insufficient, precipitate (throw down violently)

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  • Shy'm — au concert pour l égalité de SOS Racisme, le 14 juillet 2011. Surnom Shy m Nom Tamara Marthe Naiss …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shy — (sh[imac]), a. [Compar. {Shier} (sh[imac] [ e]r) or {Shyer}; superl. {Shiest} or {Shyest}.] [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sce[ o]h; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. {Eschew}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shy'm — Shy’m (2008) Shy’m [ʃæm] (* 28. November 1985 in Paris als Tamara Marthe) ist eine bekannte französische Sängerin und in Frankreich bereits eine anerkannte Künstlerin. In Deutschland wird sie zurzeit wenig gefördert und nur von wenigen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shy FX — is the pseudonym of Andre Williams, an English DJ and Producer from London. He specializes in Drum and Bass and Jungle music. Biography Shy FX s debut record was Jungle Love released in 1992. Soon after, he signed to Sound of Unground Records and …   Wikipedia

  • shy — adj Shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy can mean showing disinclination to obtrude oneself in the presence or company of others. Shy implies a shrinking, sometimes constitutional, sometimes the result of inexperience, from familiarity or contact …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • shy — Ⅰ. shy [1] ► ADJECTIVE (shyer, shyest) 1) nervous or timid in the company of other people. 2) (shy of/about) slow or reluctant to do. 3) (in combination ) having a specified dislike or aversion: camera shy. 4) …   English terms dictionary

  • Shy’m — (2008) Shy’m [ʃaɪm] (* 28. November 1985 in Paris als Tamara Marthe) ist eine französische Sängerin. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shy — est un groupe de heavy metal britannique, formé en 1980 sous le nom « Trojan » et issu de Birmingham. Sommaire 1 Discographie 2 Membres actuels 3 Anciens membres 4 Références …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shy — Shy, v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shy — Основная информация …   Википедия

  • shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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