Shy
51shy — adjective I was painfully shy shy away from Syn: bashful, diffident, farouche, timid, sheepish, reserved, reticent, introverted, retiring, self effacing, withdrawn, timorous, mousy, nervous, insecure, unconfide …
52shy — I adj 1. bashful, diffident, retiring, reserved, backward, unconfident, Archaic. verecund, Scot, and North Eng. blate; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf. introverted, unsocial, unsociable; modest, meek, demure, coy; self conscious, constrained;… …
53shy — See: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE …
54shy — See: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE …
55shy — See modest. See modest, shy …
56shy — See: once bitten, twice shy and burnt child dreads the fire …
57shy of — informal less than; short of. → shy …
58shy — adjective Syn: bashful, diffident, timid, reserved, introverted, retiring, self effacing, withdrawn Ant: confident Phrases: shy away from …
59shy — Hilahila, ena. Also: āhē, e ena, hā e ena, hō eno, hō iu, heke, ōheke, ōhila, ka akepa, kū ululū, makapā, wiwo. See sayings, hula, lobster. ♦ To shy, as a horse, pū iwa, pū iwa iwa; also: lele ao ao, lī ō, pī ena …
60shy — see once bitten, twice shy …