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Shyness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being shy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality or state of being shy; especially, a shrinking from familiarity or conspicuousness; diffidence; lack of self-assertiveness.

n. Synonyms Diffidence, Coyness, etc. See bashfulness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a feeling of fear of embarrassment

Word Usage

"But she was under the impression that there was a magic in her name and station which would overcome what she described as shyness, but which was in point of fact the frank dislike of her neighbours."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

timidity timorousness timidness

Variant

shiness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

diffidence timidity bashfulness coyness reserve

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Aquinas Highness Linus dryness highness minus sinus slyness wryness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

diffidence timidity reticence reluctance modesty nervousness awkwardness embarrassment self-consciousness bashfulness