Shy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Easily startled; timid.
  • adj. Drawing back from contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved.
  • adj. Marked by reserve or diffidence: a shy glance.
  • adj. Distrustful; wary: shy of strangers.
  • adj. Not having paid an amount due, as one's ante in poker.
  • adj. Short; lacking: Eleven is one shy of a dozen.
  • verb-intransitive. To move suddenly, as if startled; start.
  • verb-intransitive. To draw back, as from fear or caution; recoil.
  • n. A sudden movement, as from fright; a start.
  • v. To throw (something) with a swift motion; fling.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw something with a swift motion.
  • n. A quick throw; a fling.
  • n. Informal A gibe; a sneer.
  • n. Informal An attempt; a try.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily frightened; timid.
  • adj. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
  • adj. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  • adj. Short, insufficient or less than.
  • adj. Embarrassed.
  • v. To avoid due to timidness or caution.
  • v. To jump back in fear.
  • v. to throw a ball or other missile at a target
  • n. An act of throwing.
  • n. A place for throwing.
  • n. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily frightened; timid.
  • adj. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
  • adj. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  • adj. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking.
  • adj. owing money to the pot; -- in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot.
  • verb-intransitive. To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
  • v. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling.
  • n. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  • n. A side throw; a throw; a fling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Readily frightened away; easily startled; skittish; timid.
  • Shrinking from familiarity or self-assertive-ness; sensitively timid; retiring; bashful; coy.
  • Keeping away from some person or thing through timidity or caution; fearful of approaching; disposed to avoid: followed by of.
  • Cautious; wary; careful: commonly followed by of or about.
  • Elusive; hard to find, get at, obtain, or accomplish.
  • Morally circumspect; scrupulous.
  • Keen; piercing; bold; sharp.
  • Sly; sharp; cunning.
  • Scant. The wind is said to be shy when it will barely allow a vessel to sail on her course.
  • Synonyms Diffident, shamefaced. See bashfulness.
  • To shrink or start back or aside, as in sudden fear: said specifically of a horse.
  • To avoid; shun (a person).
  • n. A sudden start aside, as from fear, especially one made by a horse.
  • To fling; throw; jerk; toss.
  • To throw off; toss or send out at random.
  • To throw a missile; specifically, to jerk.
  • n. A quick, jerking, or careless throw; a fling.
  • n. A fling; a sneer; a gibe.
  • n. A trial; an experiment.
  • Hence, in general, to lack; be short of: as, to be shy four dollars.
  • n. In cricket, a ball thrown instead of bowled.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking self-confidence
  • adj. short
  • n. a quick throw
  • adj. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
  • v. start suddenly, as from fright
  • v. throw quickly
    • Equivalent
    insufficient    deficient    wary   
    Antonym
    bold    brazen    audacious   
    Verb Form
    shied    shies    shying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    throw    start    jump    startle   
    Cross Reference
    to fight shy of    to be shy    to look shy at   
    Variant
    shier    shied    shyer    shyest    shiest   
    Form
    shied    shying    coconut shy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    timid    reserved    coy    cautious    wary    suspicious    short    lacking    fling    throw   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    timid    gentle    nervous    sad    awkward    thoughtful    cautious   
     
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