not shy

  • 1not shy — adj British sexually forward, promiscuous. A jocular euphemism heard e.g. on British campuses since 2000 …

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  • 2I'm Not Shy — may refer to: *I m Not Shy, the debut single from UK girlband Frank released in the UK on the 31st July 2006 * I m Not Shy, a song by Joy and the Boy from their album Paradise …

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  • 3I'm Not Shy (Frank song) — I m Not Shy is the debut and final single from UK girlband Frank and was released in the UK on 31 July 2006. It was made available on a 2 track format CD and digital download. It was later included on Frank s only album, Devil s Got Your Gold . I …

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  • 4shy — shy1 [ʃaı] adj comparative shyer superlative shyest [: Old English; Origin: sceoh] 1.) nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know ▪ He was a quiet, shy man. shy with ▪ She was very shy… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5shy — 1 (I) adjective 1 nervous and embarrassed about talking to other people, especially people you do not know: Billy s very shy with adults, but he s fine with other children. | a shy smile | painfully shy (=extremely shy): At 15, I was painfully… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6shy*/ — [ʃaɪ] adj I 1) nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people who you do not know I d love to meet her but I m too shy to introduce myself.[/ex] He gave me a shy smile and looked away.[/ex] 2) nervous about doing… …

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  • 7shy — adj Shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy can mean showing disinclination to obtrude oneself in the presence or company of others. Shy implies a shrinking, sometimes constitutional, sometimes the result of inexperience, from familiarity or contact …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 8shy — shy1 [shī] adj. shyer or shier, shyest or shiest [ME schei, dial. development < OE sceoh, akin to Ger scheu, shy, prob. < IE * skeuk , harassed (> OSlav ščuti, to pursue); akin to * skeub > SCOFF1] 1. easily frightened or startled;… …

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  • 9shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 10shy — ‘timid, reserved’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz ‘afraid’ (source also of English eschew and skew). It is generally assumed that shy ‘throw’ [18] must have come from it, but the exact nature of the relationship between the… …

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