shyness
羞涩,羞怯,害羞,胆怯
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Definitions
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shy·er or shi·er [shahy-er], /ˈʃaɪ ər/, shy·est or shi·est [shahy-ist]. /ˈʃaɪ ɪst/.
- : bashful; retiring.
- : easily frightened away; timid.
- : suspicious, distrustful, or wary: I am a bit shy of that sort of person.The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.This particular inventor was known to be media-shy.
- : reluctant: She’s never been shy about asking to speak to the manager when she’s unhappy with customer service.
- : deficient: shy of funds.
- : short of a full amount or number; scant: We're still a few dollars shy of our goal.He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
- : indebted to the pot.
- : not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
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shied [shahyd], /ʃaɪd/, shy·ing.
Phrases
- shy away from
- bricks shy of a load
- fight shy of
- once bitten, twice shy
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Smith also wasn’t shy about his difficulties working with Hubert.
Some people shy away from it, and I sang my ass off as best as I could.
That world, I’ve always shied away from it, which is why I don’t have an album, which is why I never depended upon music to be an income for me, because I wasn’t ready to play those games that the music industry was playing.
Now, amid cries that tech companies are overvalued, in part due to a work-from-home rally, Berkshire Hathaway is not shying away.
Allseas, the Swiss-owned contractor that was laying the pipeline, immediately suspended its work, leaving the project 6% shy of completion.
The result was therefore foul-mouthed and bad-tempered in proportion to the force it took to get through my wall of shyness.
But those who worked with Charles in advertising say that his avoidance of contact was not shyness, but a deliberate campaign.
“An invincible modesty—not shyness—held him back,” wrote Barzun.
I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2.
My shyness disappeared when I got up to speak, and I was elected a senator in student government.
She stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.
He meanwhile shunned the public gaze with a haughty shyness which inflamed curiosity.