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shy synonyms
Trying to find another word for shy in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of shy in 44 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for shy alphabetically.
- abashed
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- afraid
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- afraid
- allergic
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- aback
- abaft
- about
- astern
- abashed
- backward
- blushful
- blushing
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- circumspect
- attentive
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- able to recognize
- acquainted
- aesthetic
- alive to
- backward
- bashful
- blushing
- coquettish
- backward
- bashful
- blushing
- close
- backward
- bashful
- blenching
- chary
- afraid
- antipathetic
- averse
- backward
- been hit before
- cagey
- cautious
- chary
- aflutter
- afraid
- aghast
- agitated
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- dawdling
- apprehensive
- backward
- bashful
- biddable
- ailing
- below par
- confined
- down
- autist
- brooder
- egoist
- egotist
- bashful
- cautious
- close-mouthed
- cold
- afraid
- counter
- disinclined
- hesitant
- anomic
- hermit
- introvert
- lone wolf
- bashful
- blushing
- chaste
- coy
- afraid
- agitated
- annoyed
- apprehensive
- dormant
- inactive
- latent
- receding
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- calculating
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- bashful
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- backward
- bashful
- coy
- demure
- backward
- bashful
- blushing
- chaste
- abashed
- chagrined
- disgraced
- guilty
- abashed
- ashamed
- chagrined
- diffident
- bashful
- coy
- declining
- diffident
- agitable
- alarmable
- capricious
- changeable
- apprehensive
- cagey
- careful
- cautious
- Milquetoast
- afraid
- ambivalent
- apprehensive
- abashed
- backward
- blushful
- blushing
- backward
- bashful
- blushing
- close
- averse
- backward
- disinclined
- hesitant
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- cold
- cool
- frigid
- insensitive
- aloof
- apathetic
- blasé
- callous
- afraid
- against
- against the grain
- averse
- alert
- attentive
- cagey
- calculating
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