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  • shy person — noun someone who shrinks from familiarity with others • Syn: ↑shrinking violet • Hypernyms: ↑coward • Hyponyms: ↑wallflower …   Useful english dictionary

  • shy — adj Shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy can mean showing disinclination to obtrude oneself in the presence or company of others. Shy implies a shrinking, sometimes constitutional, sometimes the result of inexperience, from familiarity or contact …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • shy — [[t]ʃa͟ɪ[/t]] shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied 1) ADJ GRADED A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. She was a shy, quiet spoken girl... She was a shy and retiring person off stage... He is painfully shy of… …   English dictionary

  • shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …   Word origins

  • shy|er — shy|er1 «SHY uhr», noun. a horse that shies. Also, shier. shy|er2 «SHY uhr», noun. a person who shies (throws). Also, shier …   Useful english dictionary

  • shy bairns get nowt — (UK) An idiom primarily used by those from the North East of England, used to emphasize the fact that children who fail to ask for something (usually from an older person) probably won t succeed in obtaining it. (bairn = child, nowt = nothing) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • shy|ster — «SHYS tuhr», noun. Informal. a lawyer or other person who uses improper or questionable methods in his business or profession: »They all set up some crazy foundation under the control of…the little shyster who drew the will (New Yorker).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • shy — shy1 [ʃaı] adj comparative shyer superlative shyest [: Old English; Origin: sceoh] 1.) nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know ▪ He was a quiet, shy man. shy with ▪ She was very shy… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shy — shy1 shyer, n. shyly, adv. shyness, n. /shuy/, adj., shyer or shier, shyest or shiest, v …   Universalium

  • shy — I. adjective (shier or shyer; shiest or shyest) Etymology: Middle English schey, from Old English scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off Date: before 12th century 1. easily frightened ; timid 2. disposed to avoid a person or thi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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