shrinking violet

Speech parts

1. shrinking violet - Noun

2. shrinking violet - Phrase

Meaning

someone who shrinks from familiarity with others

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shy person mouse chicken coward wallflower recluse introvert loner timid person quiet person uncommunicative person extremely shy person shy gentleman snivelling coward bashful creature
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Antonyms

character mixer extrovert spouter live wire extravert
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Hypernyms

coward

Hyponyms

wallflower

Examples

Better that he take risks than that he ends up a shrinking violet like Ahmad Shah Qajar. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet. Keke Palmer

Words in the phrase

shrinking violet

Close letter words and terms

shrinking shrinking frog shrinking from shrinking violets shrinkingly shrinkproof