be+shy+of
101shy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bashful, reserved, retiring, demure; cautious, suspicious, wary; timid, skittish, fearful; short, lacking. See modesty, fear, incompleteness. Ant., forward, brash, incautious. v. start, recoil. See… …
102shy from or shy away from — avoid through nervousness or lack of confidence. → shy …
103shy — adjective I was painfully shy shy away from Syn: bashful, diffident, farouche, timid, sheepish, reserved, reticent, introverted, retiring, self effacing, withdrawn, timorous, mousy, nervous, insecure, unconfide …
104shy — I adj 1. bashful, diffident, retiring, reserved, backward, unconfident, Archaic. verecund, Scot, and North Eng. blate; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf. introverted, unsocial, unsociable; modest, meek, demure, coy; self conscious, constrained;… …
105shy away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms shy away : present tense I/you/we/they shy away he/she/it shies away present participle shying away past tense shied away past participle shied away to avoid someone, or to be unwilling to do something,… …
106shy of something — slightly less than, slightly earlier than, or a short distance from something They scored just shy of 100 goals last year. I called him only two minutes shy of midnight …
107shy — See: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE …
108shy away — or[shy off] {v.} To avoid; seem frightened or nervous. * /The boys shied away from our questions./ * /The horse shied off when Johnny tried to mount it./ …
109shy — See: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY and BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE …
110shy away — or[shy off] {v.} To avoid; seem frightened or nervous. * /The boys shied away from our questions./ * /The horse shied off when Johnny tried to mount it./ …
