Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is shy - definition
Shy (disambiguation)
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SHY; Shy (song)
Shy is an adjective describing a person with shyness. Shyness as a characteristic of infant children is covered at stranger anxiety.
shy
FEELING OF APPREHENSION, DISCOMFORT OR AWKWARDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE
Shy; Genetics of shyness; Shying; Social shyness; Bashfulness; Diffidence; Diffident; Genetics of Shyness
I
adj.
wary
1) shy about, of (BE)
lacking
(esp. AE)
2) shy of (we are still a little shy of our quota)
II
v. (D; intr.) to shy at (the horse shied at the noise)
Shy
FEELING OF APPREHENSION, DISCOMFORT OR AWKWARDNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE
Shy; Genetics of shyness; Shying; Social shyness; Bashfulness; Diffidence; Diffident; Genetics of Shyness
·noun A side throw; a throw; a fling.
II. Shy ·superl Cautious; wary; suspicious.
III. Shy ·noun A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
IV. Shy ·superl Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
V. Shy ·superl Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
VI. Shy ·adj To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion;
- said especially of horses.
VII. Shy ·add. ·adj Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
Examples of use of shy
1. I‘m not shy and Bond wouldn‘t be shy about it either.‘ A legion of women holds its breath.
2. Yes, she says, even back then she was shy, and she‘s not the first shy kid who liked to dance.
3. She was touchingly shy and uncharacteristically abashed.
4. There are the shy salespeople who arent shy any more, the arachnophobes who swish away their spider phobias and stroke the tarantulas that McKenna provides one afternoon.
5. Bloggers here shy away from politics and barbed language.