Shy

[ʃaɪ]

Definition

(noun.) a quick throw; 'he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman'.

(verb.) throw quickly.

(verb.) start suddenly, as from fright.

(adj.) wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; 'shy of strangers' .

(adj.) short; 'eleven is one shy of a dozen' .

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Definition

(superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

(superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

(superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.

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

(v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

(n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

(n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest.[2]. Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.

n. [1]. Sudden start (as of a horse).[2]. [Colloquial.] Fling, throw.

v. a. Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling.

v. n. Sheer, start aside.

Typist: Remington

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Timid, reserved, modest, bashful, Suspicion, shrinking, chary

ANT:Bold, brazen-faced, impudent, audacious, reckless

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Definition

adj. timid: reserved: cautious: suspicious: elusive hard to find.—v.i. to start aside as a horse from fear.—v.t. to avoid:—pa.t. and pa.p. shīed.—n. a sudden swerving aside.—advs. Shy′ly Shi′ly.—ns. Shy′ness Shī′ness (obs.); Shy′ster a tricky lawyer.—Fight shy of (see Fight); Look shy at or on to regard with distrust.

v.t. to fling throw toss.—v.i. to jerk.—n. a throw a fling: a gibe sneer: a trial.

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