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shy

English

  1. 🔊 wary and distrustful
    “shy of strangers”
  2. 🔊 lacking self-confidence
    “stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”
  3. 🔊 a quick throw
    “he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman”
  4. 🔊 throw quickly
  5. 🔊 start suddenly, as from fright

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cortado shy
  2. 🔊 huraño shy
  3. 🔊 huidizo shy, timid
  4. 🔊 vergonzoso shy, bashful
  5. 🔊 apocado shy, diffident
  6. 🔊 apartado shy, unsociable
  7. 🔊 tímido shy, timid, bashful, coy

Similar words

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