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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
- a 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
- a quick, sudden throw.
- Informal.
- a gibe or sneer.
- a try.
shy
1/ ʃ²¹Éª /
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
- usually foll byoff or away to draw back; recoil
noun
- a sudden movement, as from fear
shy
2/ ʃ²¹Éª /
verb
- to throw (something) with a sideways motion
noun
- a quick throw
- informal.a gibe
- informal.an attempt; experiment
- short for cockshy
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³ó²â²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ³ó²â±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ²õ³ó²â±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³ó²â·±ð°ù noun
- ²õ³ó²â·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ³ó²â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shy1
Origin of shy2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shy1
Origin of shy2
Idioms and Phrases
- fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid:
She fought shy of making the final decision.
More idioms and phrases containing shy
In addition to the idiom beginning with shy , also see bricks shy of a load ; fight shy of ; once bitten, twice shy .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Noting that the Trump White House has never been shy about announcing made deals, the reporter pointed a finger at the bond market as the real impetus behind Trump's 180.
He and his wife live on a fixed income, and the couple are shying away from beef, pork and chicken.
She doesn’t shy away from the thornier feelings of adolescence, such as grief, isolation and revenge, the latter of which is the driving force of this installment as Rosie seeks to avenge her mother’s murder.
He doesn’t shy away from recounting breakups, makeups and legal and personal battles between the friends and bandmates, but there is a patina of sadness over these anecdotes, rather than bitterness or blame-laying.
"It pains us to even say that is the case. It's not somewhere we expected to be and it's embarrassing - we're not going to shy away from that."
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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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