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shyadjective easily frighteneda shy cat who hid under the bed every time she heard any loud noise fainthearted, fearful, fearsome, mousy(or mousey), scary, skittish, timid, timorous, tremulous chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered(archaic), poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellowjittery, jumpy, spookyanxious, apprehensive, nervousafraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturous brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic(also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorousassured, confident, self-assured, self-confidentdetermined, firm, game, plucky, resolute, undeterred, unflinching, unswervingmettlesome, spirited, spunky not comfortable around peoplea shy person who finds talking to anyone but a close friend to be an awkward and unpleasant experience backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, withdrawn antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocialawkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprisinginhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight extroverted(also extraverted), immodest, outgoing boon, clubbable(also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, socialbold, dashing, forcefulbrash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular needthe team is shy a couple of players because of illness deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, low, scarce, short, wanting substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactoryhand-to-mouth, lean, light, meager(or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingybare, mere, minimumslight, small adequate, enough, sufficient abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenitudinousenlarged, expanded, supplementedabounding, overflowing, teemingsatisfactory, tolerablelavish, luxuriant, richbig, considerable, hefty, jumbo, king-size(or king-sized), large, largish, oversize(or oversized), sizable(or sizeable), substantial, super not respectableshe was nervous about being left alone in a shy bar in a bad section of town discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, louche, notorious, opprobrious, shady, shameful, shoddy, unrespectable bad, criminal, immoral, seamy, sordid, unethical, unsavory, wickedbase, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, low, mean, miserable, vile, wretchedblack, evil, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wrongblamable, blameworthy, censurable, inglorious, reprehensiblecorrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, gamy(or gamey), libertine, loose, perverted, reprobate honorable, reputable, respectable decent, ethical, good, honest, just, moral, noble, principled, righteous, upright, upstandingesteemed, prestigious, reputed, respectedauthorized, legal, licensed, permissible, permittedapproved, endorsed(also indorsed), sanctionedclean, correct, decorous, exemplary, proper, seemlyblameless, commendable, creditable, guiltless shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy mean not inclined to be forward.shy implies a timid reserve and a shrinking from familiarity or contact with others.shy with strangers bashful implies a frightened or hesitant shyness characteristic of childhood and adolescence.a bashful boy out on his first date diffident stresses a distrust of one's own ability or opinion that causes hesitation in acting or speaking.felt diffident about raising an objection modest suggests absence of undue confidence or conceit.modest about her success coy implies a pretended shyness.put off by her coy manner before the 12th century |