Синоним слова shy

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. shynoun

   Antonyms:
   brazen, bold, audacious

2. shynoun

   Easily frightened; timid.

   a shy bird.

   Antonyms:
   bold, audacious, brazen

3. shyverb

   Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

   coconut shy

   Antonyms:
   brazen, bold, audacious

4. shyadjective

   Cautious; wary; suspicious.

   Antonyms:
   brazen, audacious, bold

5. shyadjective

   Antonyms:
   audacious, bold, brazen

6. shyadjective

   Antonyms:
   brazen, bold, audacious

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. shy

   Synonyms:
   timid, reserved, modest, bashful, suspicion, shrinking, chary

   Antonyms:
   bold, brazen-faced, impudent, audacious, reckless

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shyadjective

   a quick throw

   «he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman»

   Antonyms:
   sufficient, unwary

2. diffident, shy, timid, unsureadjective

   lacking self-confidence

   «stood in the doorway diffident and abashed»; «problems that call for bold not timid responses»; «a very unsure young man»

   Synonyms:
   diffident, faint, shy(p), fainthearted, faint-hearted, timid, uncertain, unsure, incertain

   Antonyms:
   sufficient, unwary

3. shy(p)adjective

   short

   «eleven is one shy of a dozen»

   Antonyms:
   sufficient, unwary

4. shyverb

   wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

   «shy of strangers»

   Synonyms:
   shy(p), timid, diffident, unsure

   Antonyms:
   unwary, sufficient

5. shyverb

   start suddenly, as from fright

   Antonyms:
   unwary, sufficient

6. shyverb

   throw quickly

   Antonyms:
   unwary, sufficient

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quietadjective

   shy people are quiet and timid

   that girl is quiet and timid

2. no confidenceadjective

   having no confidence is when you don’t feel sure about something, someone, or yourself’s ideas, thoughts, actions, or words.

   the girl had no confidence when she didn’t stand up to the bully.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 28, 2023  

3. reticent

   Submitted by anonymous on September 6, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. shyadjective

   Synonyms:
   coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest

2. shyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cautious, wary, heedful, chary

3. shynoun

   Synonyms:
   sudden start (as of a horse)

4. shynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] fling, throw

5. shyverb

   Synonyms:
   fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling

6. shyverb

   Synonyms:
   sheer, start aside

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1. Avril Haines:

   To be effective, the DNI must never shy away from speaking truth to power — even, especially, when doing so may be inconvenient or difficult, to safeguard the integrity of our intelligence community, the DNI must insist that, when it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics ever.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas!… Soon the age will be past when you could be content to live hidden in forests like shy deer!

3. Jared Bednar:

   We set high expectations, i don’t think we should shy away from trying to achieve them, and the Presidents’ Trophy is one of them.

4. President Barack Obama:

   I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say we couldn’t think of anything else that we didn’t try to do. That we didn’t shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren’t timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing, because there is no next thing, this is it.

5. Anna Amimour:

   He was a nice person, a sensitive person, a bit shy but somebody you can rely on. He was generous, someone who loved to laugh and joke, a cheeky little boy.

• مورط, خجول, خجلArabic
• vergonyósCatalan, Valencian
• plachý, hodit sebou, uskočit, mrštit sebou, opatrný, praštit sebou, odměřenýCzech
• kast, smide, kaste, genertDanish
• schüchtern, scheu, verlegenGerman
• ντροπαλόςGreek
• tímido, lanzar, reservado, vergonzosoSpanish
• خجالتیPersian
• vajaa, heitto, ujo, nolo, arka, heittopaikka, kavahtaa, säikkyä, varovainen, heittääFinnish
• embarrassé, prudent, timide, apeuréFrench
• cúthailIrish
• faitaghManx
• félénkHungarian
• pemaluIndonesian
• feiminnIcelandic
• adombrarsi, timidoItalian
• ביישןHebrew
• 恥ずかしい, 弱気, 慎重, 引っ込み思案, 恥ずかしがり屋, 寡黙Japanese
• timidus, verecundus, pavidus, timidos agitabisLatin
• beschroomd, gooiplek, verlegen, klein, aangooi, timide, gooien, voorzichtig, terugspringen, weggooien, verstandig, werpen, bedeesd, worp, gereserveerd, schuchter, gooiplaats, schroomvalligDutch
• sjenertNorwegian
• nieśmiałyPolish
• medroso, avergonhado, arremesso, assustado, envergonhado, lance, tímido, reservado, cuidadoso, lançamento, pávidoPortuguese
• timidRomanian
• робкий, нерешительный, смущённый, пугливый, застенчивый, стыдливый, растерянный, стеснительный, осторожныйRussian
• blygSwedish
• வெட்கப்படவில்லைTamil
• utangaçTurkish
• شرمیلیUrdu
• nhátVietnamese
• shyYiddish
• 害羞Chinese

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