Shy

Adjective

 * 1) Easily frightened; timid.
 * a shy bird.
 * 1) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
 * He is very shy with strangers.
 * 1) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
 * 2) Short, insufficient or less than.
 * By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.
 * It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
 * 1) Embarrassed.

Synonyms

 * reserved
 * bashful
 * timid
 * demure
 * See also Thesaurus:shy

Antonyms

 * brazen
 * bold
 * audacious

Derived terms

 * -shy
 * bird-shy
 * boy-shy
 * car-shy
 * cat-shy
 * camera-shy
 * cover-shy
 * girl-shy
 * gun-shy


 * hand-shy
 * man-shy
 * mouse-shy
 * noise-shy
 * people-shy
 * water-shy
 * woman-shy
 * work-shy

Verb

 * 1)  To avoid due to timidness or caution.
 * I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.
 * 1)  To jump back in fear.
 * The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.
 * 1)  to throw a ball or other missile at a target

Noun

 * 1) act of throwing
 * 2) place for throwing
 * coconut shy

Derived terms

 * coconut shy

Adverbs for Shy
awkwardly; uneasily; childishly; self-consciously; timidly; uncomfortably; engagingly; embarrassingly; charmingly; painfully; peculiarly; strangely; unwontedly; becomingly; unnaturally;  fearfully; clumsily; foolishly; ridiculously; pitiably; touchingly; adorably; comically; absurdly; exquisitely; habitually; deliciously; extremely; incredibly; oddly; curiously; unnecessarily.

Thesaurus
Pyrrhonic, about the bush, afraid, agnostic, apprehensive, around the bush, arrested, averse, avert, avoid, back down, backhanded, backward, balance, balk, bankrupt in, bare of, bashful, be startled, bear off, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bereft of, bicker, bilk, blench, blink, boggle, boggling, bowl, cagey, callow, cast, cast at, catapult, cautious, cavil, chary, choplogic, chuck, chuck at, chunk, circumspect, confused, conscious, cowardly, coy, cringe, dart, dash, debate, defective, deficient, deliberate, demur, demure, demurring, denuded of, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, diffident, distrustful, dodge, double, doubtful, doubting, draw aside, draw back, draw in, dubious, duck, ease off, edge off, elude, embryonic, empty of, equivocate, eschew, evade, evade the issue, fade, failing, fall back, falter, faltering, fear, fearful, fearing, fearsome, fence, fight shy, fight shy of, fire, fire at, flinch, fling, fling at, flip, fly off, for want of, fork, forlorn of, from Missouri, gag, gee, glance, glance off, go off, goosy, hang back, hang off, have qualms, haw, head off, heave, heave at, hedge, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hesitating, hold off, hover, hum and haw, hurl, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, hypoplastic, immature, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in default of, in doubt, in fear, in short supply, in want of, inadequate, inarticulate, incomplete, indisposed, infant, insufficient, introversive, introvert, introverted, jerk, jib, jump, jump a mile, jumpy, lacking, lance, launch, leery, let fly, let fly at, loath, lob, make bones about, make way for, missing, mistrustful, mistrusting, modest, mousy, move aside, mystify, needing, nervous, nitpick, obscure, out of, out of pocket, palter, panic, parry, part, partial, pass, patchy, pause, peg, pelt, pick nits, pitch, pitchfork, ponder, pot, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, pull in, pull out, pussyfoot, put, put off, put the shot, quail, qualmish, questioning, quibble, rabbity, recoil, reel back, reluctant, reserved, retiring, retract, retreat, scant, scant of, scanty, scarce, scary, scrappy, scruple, scrupulous, self-conscious, self-distrustful, self-effacing, serve, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, sheepish, sheer off, shift, shift off, shilly-shally, shivery, short, short of, shove aside, shrink, shrink back, shrinking, shuffle, shun, shunt, shy at, shy away, shy of, shy off, side, sidestep, sideswipe, sidetrack, sidle, skedaddle, skeptical, sketchy, skittery, skittish, sling, sling at, snap, split hairs, squeamish, stammering, stampede, start, start aside, start back, startle, startlish, steer clear of, step aside, stick, stick at, stickle, stickling, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain, strain at, stumble, suspecting, suspicious, swerve, switch, tergiversate, think twice about, throw, throw at, tilt, timid, timorous, toss, toss at, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, turn aside, turn away, turn back, unassertive, unassured, unblessed with, uncertain, underdeveloped, undeveloped, uneager, unpossessed of, untrusting, unwilling, veer off, void of, wanting, ward off, wary, waver, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, yield

Etymology
From shy:, from  sceoh:, from. Cognate with schuw:,  scheu:,  sky:.

Adjective

 * Arabic: خجول, خجل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 害羞, 怕羞,  羞澀,  羞涩,  靦腆,  腼腆
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: schuchter,, schroomvallig, ,


 * Finnish: arka
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: пугливый,
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: خجول
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 矜持
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ujo


 * French:
 * Japanese: 引っ込み思案, 恥ずかしがり屋,  寡黙
 * Polish: nieśmiały
 * Russian: застенчивый, стеснительный
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 持重
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: arka, varovainen
 * French:


 * Japanese:
 * Polish: nieśmiały
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: vajaa


 * Arabic: مورط
 * Catalan: vergonyós
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 難為情, 难为情,  尷尬,  尴尬
 * Finnish: nolo


 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 恥ずかしい
 * Russian: стыдливый, смущённый, растерянный
 * Spanish:


 * : sky (1), genert (2), undselig (2), vagtsom (3)
 * : verlegen, schuchter, schuchtere, gegeneerd, gegeneerde
 * : ντροπαλός, ντροπαλή
 * : félénk


 * : ביישן (bayshan)
 * : timido
 * : 수줍은 (sujubeun)
 * : tímido
 * : xishood
 * : blyg
 * : dredöfik
 * : dredöfik

Verb

 * Finnish: säikkyä, kavahtaa


 * Danish: kaste, smide
 * Finnish: heittää


 * Spanish:


 * : vige

Noun

 * Danish:
 * Finnish: heitto


 * Portuguese: lançamento, ,


 * Finnish: heittopaikka