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Synonyms:
- shameful, irresolute, undecided, fearful, hesitant, bristle, ignominious, lacking, withdrawn, demure, unconfident, aquatic, weak, yellow, opprobrious, tentative, blench, selfless, unsure of yourself, sheepish, flitting, unassertive, short, spineless, bite, ambivalent, excess, fainthearted, insufficient, vacillating, uncertain, unsure, shrinking, quail, volatile, watery, reserved, cringe, infirm, timorous, irresponsible, frisk, louche, tremulous, mousy, faint-hearted, impulsive, approach, lost, indecisive, unselfish, coy, shoddy, meek, unobtrusive, shrink, best-of-breed, retiring, erratic, diffident, gore, deficient, scary, humble, cast, dishonorable, buck, undemonstrative, asexual, caged, shady, inconsistent, insecure, burrow, articulate, unrespectable, amphibious, inhibited, changeable, insipid, beach, big, halfhearted, restraint, timid, flinch, capricious, disgraceful, androgynous, introverted, captive, faint, inadequate, start, fickle, shilly-shally, recessive, fly-by-night, incertain, discreditable, dillydallying, self-effacing, skittish, arboreal, wanting, under, bashful, scarce, anthropoid, backward, wary, shifty, notorious, undependable, ill at ease, unresolved, unwilling, recoil, low, infamous, modest, claw, double-minded, wince, fearsome
Examples:
- - She stopped some fifty feet away, and in a shy, low voice, but in good English, she called him. - "Out of Doors--California and Oregon", J. A. Graves
- - She looked up to find Lafayette smiling at her shy word of thanks. - "A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia", Alice Turner Curtis
- - We were all very shy at first, but many of the girls made friends with the men and some of them went away that first day. - "City of Endless Night", Milo Hastings
Antonyms:
- companionable, adequate, brash, venturesome, honest, abundant, gallant, sizable, dauntless, liberal, guiltless, permitted, largish, ample, brave, correct, hardy, immodest, rich, audacious, principled, lionhearted, prestigious, forward, lavish, creditable, adventuresome, decent, extroverted, social, intrepid, bounteous, upright, enough, sufficient, outgoing, king-size, resolute, clubbable, firm, expanded, honorable, valorous, valiant, overflowing, convivial, spunky, respectable, considerable, large, greathearted, self-confident, authorized, seemly, sanctioned, exemplary, jumbo, unwary, supplemented, overbold, substantial, endorsed, noble, righteous, hefty, permissible, luxuriant, just, game, blameless, fearless, moral, bold, spirited, stalwart, undaunted, teeming, self-assured, sociable, adventurous, determined, daring, esteemed, legal, licensed, unflinching, unreserved, bountiful, reputed, respected, dashing, plenteous, reputable, mettlesome, oversize, doughty, satisfactory, upstanding, stouthearted, good, courageous, approved, commendable, stout, generous, forceful, gutsy, proper, super, confident, boon, clean, gregarious, tolerable, venturous, assured, ethical, plucky, heroic, undeterred, unswerving, plentiful, big, copious, enlarged, uninhibited, decorous, abounding
