to shy away from
21shy — 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… …
22shy — 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… …
23shy — I. /ʃaɪ / (say shuy) adjective (shyer or shier, shyest or shiest) 1. bashful; retiring. 2. easily frightened away; timid. 3. suspicious; distrustful: once bitten, twice shy. 4. reluctant; wary. 5. short: shy of funds. 6. Colloquial failing to pay …
24shy — 1. adjective /ʃaɪ/ a) Easily frightened; timid. a shy bird. b) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. He is very shy with strangers. Ant: brazen …
25shy — [[t]ʃa͟ɪ[/t]] shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied 1) ADJ GRADED A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. She was a shy, quiet spoken girl... She was a shy and retiring person off stage... He is painfully shy of… …
26shy — shy1 adjective (shyer, shyest) 1》 nervous or timid in the company of other people. ↘(shy of/about) slow or reluctant to do. ↘[in combination] having a specified dislike or aversion: camera shy. ↘(of a wild animal) reluctant to remain… …
27shy — 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 blate; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf.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;… …
28shy — 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away from Syn: bashful, diffident, farouche, timid, sheepish, reserved, reticent, introverted, retiring, self effacing, withdrawn, timorous, mousy, nervous, insecure, unconfide …
29shy — adjective Syn: bashful, diffident, timid, reserved, introverted, retiring, self effacing, withdrawn Ant: confident Phrases: shy away from …
30shy\ off — • shy away • 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 …
