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Shy

adjective

/ʃaɪ/

Meaning

nervous or timid in the company of other people

Being reserved or nervous around other people.

The shy student rarely spoke up in class discussions.

The child was too shy to speak in class.

shy away

timid, bashful, reserved, introverted, modest

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timid, bashful, reserved, introverted

Entry 2

timid, bashful, reserved, modest

confident, outgoing, bold, extroverted

Entry 1

confident, outgoing, bold, extroverted

Entry 2

bold, confident, outgoing

shy person, shy smile, feel shy, shy away, shy child, shy personality

Entry 1

shy person, shy smile, feel shy, shy away

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shy smile, shy away, shy child, shy personality

a pure white color resembling milk

Just begun and not fully formed; rudimentary.

Too great or valuable to be measured or estimated.

Impossible to resist; having an overpowering effect.

Having a net-like pattern or structure.

Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.