shy

  • 21SHY — may refer to:*Shy (company), an Italian high end women s shoe brand *Hyphen, Soft HYphenshy someone who does not talk much to anyone. scared and keeps to them self …

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  • 22shy — [adj1] quiet and self conscious afraid, apprehensive, averse, backward, bashful, cautious, chary, circumspect, conscious, coy, demure, diffident, disinclined, distrustful, fearful, hesitant, humble, indisposed, introvert, introverted, loath,… …

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  • 23shy — index deficient, diffident, guarded, hesitant, insufficient, precipitate (throw down violently) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24shy at — index refuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25shy of — index leery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26shy — The adjective has comparative and superlative forms shyer and shyest, and derivative forms shyly, shyness …

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  • 27shy — shy1 [ʃaı] adj comparative shyer superlative shyest [: Old English; Origin: sceoh] 1.) nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know ▪ He was a quiet, shy man. shy with ▪ She was very shy… …

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  • 28shy — 1 (I) adjective 1 nervous and embarrassed about talking to other people, especially people you do not know: Billy s very shy with adults, but he s fine with other children. | a shy smile | painfully shy (=extremely shy): At 15, I was painfully… …

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  • 29shy — shy1 [ ʃaı ] adjective * 1. ) nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people you do not know: Archie was shy and awkward. I d love to meet her, but I m too shy to introduce myself. a ) shy behavior shows that someone is …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30shy — [[t]ʃa͟ɪ[/t]] shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied 1) ADJ GRADED A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. She was a shy, quiet spoken girl... She was a shy and retiring person off stage... He is painfully shy of… …

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