shy

Speech parts

1. shy - Noun

2. shy - Adjective

3. shy - Verb

5. shy - Adjective Satellite

6. Shy - Proper noun

Meaning

Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

A side throw; a throw; a fling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

timid diffident unsure meek coy bashful reserved nervous modest reluctant withdrawn retiring inhibited introverted apprehensive
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Antonyms

hardy trojan colter doughty dauntless gallant
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Hypernyms

start jump throw startle

Phrases with the word

shy of once bitten twice shy are the Kennedies gun-shy Shy-Drager syndrome work-shy person be shy

Derivatives

shied shying shier shiest shyer shyest

Examples

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth

Shy and proud men ... are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen. Henry Taylor

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back. Jason Statham

A man who has eaten something becomes shy. Somali Proverb

A man is shy in another man's corner. Irish Proverb

Once bitten, twice shy. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Shwetha Shwethambara shwopping shy away shy away from shy bladder