Adjective shy has 4 senses
- diffident, shy, timid, unsure - lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
Antonym: confident (indirect, via unconfident)
- shy - easily startled or frightened
Antonym: bold (indirect, via timid)
- shy - short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
Antonym: sufficient (indirect, via insufficient)
- shy - wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
Antonym: unwary (indirect, via wary)
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Noun shy has 1 sense
- shy - a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
--1 is a kind of throw
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Verb shy has 2 senses
- shy - start suddenly, as from fight
--1 is one way to startle, jump, start
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- shy - throw quickly
--2 is one way to throw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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