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shy adjective [ ʃʌɪ ]

• nervous or timid in the company of other people.
• "I was pretty shy at school"
Similar: bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, reserved, reticent, introverted, retiring, self-effacing, shrinking, withdrawn, timorous, mousy, fearful, apprehensive, nervous, hesitant, reluctant, doubting, insecure, wary, suspicious, chary, unconfident, inhibited, constrained, repressed, self-conscious, embarrassed, coy, demure, abashed, modest, humble, meek,
Opposite: bold, brash, confident,
• less than; short of.
• "the shares are 29p shy of their flotation price"
• (of a plant) not bearing flowers or fruit well or prolifically.

shy verb

• (especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement.
• "their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight"

shy noun

• a sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.
Origin: Old English scēoh ‘(of a horse) easily frightened’, of Germanic origin; related to German scheuen ‘shun’, scheuchen ‘scare’; compare with eschew. The verb dates from the mid 17th century.

shy verb

• fling or throw (something) at a target.
• "he tore the spectacles off and shied them at her"
Similar: throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, lob, launch, flip, pitch, dash, aim, direct, propel, bowl, chuck, heave, sling, buzz, whang, bung, yeet, peg, hoy, bish,

shy noun

• an act of flinging or throwing something at a target.
Origin: late 18th century: of unknown origin.

have a shy at

• try to hit something, especially with a ball or stone.



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