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shy
1[shahy]
adjective
- Antonyms:
easily frightened away; timid.
Antonyms:suspicious, distrustful, or wary (often used in combination): The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.
I am a bit shy of that sort of person.
The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.
This particular inventor was known to be media-shy.
She’s never been shy about asking to speak to the manager when she’s unhappy with customer service.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: , ,shy of funds.
short of a full amount or number; scant: He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
We're still a few dollars shy of our goal.
He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
(in poker) indebted to the pot.
not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
verb (used without object)
(especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
to draw back; recoil.
Synonyms:Antonyms:
noun
plural
shiesa sudden start aside, as in fear.
shy
2[shahy]
verb (used with or without object)
to throw with a swift, sudden movement.
to shy a stone.
Synonyms: , , , ,
noun
plural
shiesa quick, sudden throw.
Informal.
a gibe or sneer.
a try.
shy
1/ ʃɪ /
adjective
not at ease in the company of others
easily frightened; timid
(often foll by of) watchful or wary
poker (of a player) without enough money to back his bet
(of plants and animals) not breeding or producing offspring freely
informal(foll by of) short (of)
(in combination) showing reluctance or disinclination
workshy
verb
to move suddenly, as from fear
the horse shied at the snake in the road
to draw back; recoil
noun
a sudden movement, as from fear
shy
2/ ʃɪ /
verb
to throw (something) with a sideways motion
noun
a quick throw
informala gibe
informalan attempt; experiment
short for cockshy
Other 51Թ Forms
- shyer noun
- shyly adverb
- shyness noun
- ˈԱ noun
- ˈ adverb
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shy1
Origin of shy2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shy1
Origin of shy2
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He stranded a leadoff double in the third, collecting the first of his five strikeouts along the way; a total that leaves him just 12 shy of reaching 3,000 strikeouts for his career.
No Choice premieres in Los Angeles at the Dances With Films festival on June 23 — just one day shy of the third anniversary marking the fall of Roe v.
Mr Noble, who is also the coach of Crowthorne FC where Othniel was a player, described him as "quite a shy, timid lad, until he's got a football at his feet".
They didn’t shy away from the scent’s complexity, leaning into the more unusual notes like gin, elderflower and leather.
He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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