Shy is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SHY in dictionary:

VERB:
• to jump aside, recoil
• (especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement
• avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) due to nervousness or a lack of confidence
• fling or throw (something) at a target
• To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
• start suddenly, as from fright
• throw quickly
• start back in fear
NOUN:
• a sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.
• an act of flinging or throwing something at a target.
• A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
• A side throw; a throw; a fling.
• a quick throw
• throw
ADJECTIVE:
• embarrassed, bashful
• nervous or timid in the company of other people
• slow or reluctant to do (something)
• having a dislike of or aversion to a specified thing
• (of a wild mammal or bird) reluctant to remain in sight of humans
• less than; short of
• before
• (of a plant) not bearing flowers or fruit well or prolifically.
• not at ease in company
• To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
• lacking self-confidence
• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to move suddenly back or aside, as in fear

Words related to SHY

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How to use SHY in a sentence

• And she did be both shy and glad, and humble, and in dainty pride of submission, and utter Mine Own.
• Olive moved like a shy little wild thing, with a bending head and a grace all her own, while Gilbert had great ease and distinction.
• One was the shy man, who had long ago persuaded himself that he actually preferred not to mix with his kind, and had made a virtue of his cowardice.
• Wisdom in him deemed it ridiculous to prolong the encounter, but shy folly could not break loose.
• He was in that species of sheltered groove which is absolutely essential to the bliss of a shy and nervous artist, however great he may be.
• We were much amused in conversing with the simple hosts and their shy, gipsy-like children, one of whom, a dark-eyed, curly-haired boy, bore the name of Raphael.
• Prentiss was naturally a shy and reserved woman, and necessarily a pre-occupied one.
• Perplexed in his shy, straightford nature, Hubert inquired if she took sugar in her tea.
• I shall now proceed to train Swallow to shy at every blade of grass, every grain of sand.
• The animal, however, had always been shy of strangers, and would never suffer itself to be caught by one even in the day-time.
• He spoke with a strong Scotch accent, and an appearance of shy sheepiness, and therefore with an air too of extraordinary truth.
• He hated society, was shy and reserved in his manners, and never spoke on any subject without his opinion was solicited.
• Lottie followed her mother and Addie as they glided through the crowd, and when they paused she stood shy and fierce, casting lowering glances around.
• His business, indeed, was a shy one, and led him to prefer wild country.
• Some four months later she would grind her teeth when in a pleasant mood, and would act as if she were shy when spoken to, holding her hand before her eyes.
• She would have to be rather a wild, shy girl to do that, and it would have to be through her fear of him that she would divine his fear of her.
• The exploring party saw a few natives, but they were too shy to communicate.
• After a short time the children grew less shy and came readily to him.
• He was in a curiously shy and nervous state of mind.
• I ought to have had the first shy at the body by rights, for I know well enough he fell in from this county and then skeeted up with the tide.
• He has still the same rather shy manner and slow way of speaking and sudden, affection-winning smile.
• To an English youth, unfamiliar with the language and shy as only English youths can be, a conversation with that redoubtable old lady must have been a grim ordeal indeed.
• Oakshott shrank into herself, and became shy and silent, and Mrs.
• He avoided his comrades, made acquaintance with hardly any one, was especially shy of women, and lived a very isolated life, immersed in his books.
• The country horses shy if you go by them fast, and sometimes you stop to apologize.
• He was by this time at the bashful age of ten, and already the sweet, shy face of Mysie Maitland had become familiar in every dream.
• Here Juanita served his meals and waited on his demands with the shy devotion that characterized a change in her attitude to him.
• At the sight of so many people I become shy and linger at the door.
• I found her to be the most beautiful Chinese girl I had ever seen, with manners all the more pleasing because so very shy.
• Better be shy and cold, than demonstrative and gushing, like Maude.
• Gretchen was shy as a fawn, and after I told her I loved her she would not believe it possible.

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