Shyness

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Mục lục 1 Adjective 1.1 bashful; retiring. 1.2 easily frightened away; timid. 1.3 suspicious; distrustful 1.4 reluctant; wary. 1.5 deficient 1.6 scant; short of a full amount or number 1.7 (in poker) indebted to the pot. 1.8 not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 (esp. of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear. 2.2 to draw back; recoil. 3 Noun 3.1 a sudden start aside, as in fear. ? 4 Idiom 4.1 fight shy of 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun

Adjective

bashful; retiring.

easily frightened away; timid.

suspicious; distrustful

I am a bit shy of that sort of person.

reluctant; wary.

deficient

shy of funds.

scant; short of a full amount or number

still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet.

(in poker) indebted to the pot.

not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.

Verb (used without object)

(esp. of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.

to draw back; recoil.

Noun

a sudden start aside, as in fear. ?

Idiom

fight shy of

to keep away from; avoid

She fought shy of making the final decision.

Synonyms

noun

backwardness , bashfulness , coyness , retiringness , timidity , timidness