Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

shyness

/shahy/US // ʃaɪ //UK // (ʃaɪ) //

羞涩,羞怯,害羞,胆怯

Related Words

reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默wary谨慎的,警惕,谨慎小心,小心翼翼cautious谨慎的,慎重,慎重的,谨慎diffident心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装hesitant犹豫不决,犹豫不决的,趦趄嗫嚅,迟疑不决introverted内向的,内向型,性格内向,内向fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩modest谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊sheepish怯懦的,胆小的,胆小如鼠,怯懦circumspect谨慎的,谨慎,审慎的,慎重apprehensive忐忑不安,忐忑不安的,忧虑,忧心忡忡self-effacing谦虚,谦虚谨慎,谦虚的,自谦suspicious可疑的,可疑,多疑,多疑的timid怯懦,懦弱,怯懦的,胆怯afraid害怕,恐惧,惧怕,担心

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    shy·er or shi·er [shahy-er], /ˈʃaɪ ər/, shy·est or shi·est [shahy-ist]. /ˈʃaɪ ɪst/.

    • : bashful; retiring.
    • : easily frightened away; timid.
    • : suspicious, distrustful, or wary: I am a bit shy of that sort of person.The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.This particular inventor was known to be media-shy.
    • : reluctant: She’s never been shy about asking to speak to the manager when she’s unhappy with customer service.
    • : deficient: shy of funds.
    • : short of a full amount or number; scant: We're still a few dollars shy of our goal.He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
    • : indebted to the pot.
    • : not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shied [shahyd], /ʃaɪd/, shy·ing.

    • : to start back or aside, as in fear.
    • : to draw back; recoil.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural shies.

    • : a sudden start aside, as in fear.

Phrases

  • shy away from
  • bricks shy of a load
  • fight shy of
  • once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbashfulness
Synonyms
insecurity不安全感,不安全,不安全因素,缺乏安全感modesty谦虚,谦逊,谦恭,谦虚谨慎reticence缄默,沉默,缄默不语,沉默寡言timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心coyness腼腆,忸怩作态,羞涩,胆怯demureness伪装,尊严,矜持,拘谨diffidence自卑感,扩散性,不自信,自卑meekness温顺,温柔,温和,温良reserve储备,预留,保留,储备金restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性sheepishness绵羊精神,绵羊气质,放羊,绵羊气timidness胆小,胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事timorousness时间性,时间性问题,胆怯,时代性

Examples

  • Smith also wasn’t shy about his difficulties working with Hubert.

  • Some people shy away from it, and I sang my ass off as best as I could.

  • That world, I’ve always shied away from it, which is why I don’t have an album, which is why I never depended upon music to be an income for me, because I wasn’t ready to play those games that the music industry was playing.

  • Now, amid cries that tech companies are overvalued, in part due to a work-from-home rally, Berkshire Hathaway is not shying away.

  • Allseas, the Swiss-owned contractor that was laying the pipeline, immediately suspended its work, leaving the project 6% shy of completion.

  • The result was therefore foul-mouthed and bad-tempered in proportion to the force it took to get through my wall of shyness.

  • But those who worked with Charles in advertising say that his avoidance of contact was not shyness, but a deliberate campaign.

  • “An invincible modesty—not shyness—held him back,” wrote Barzun.

  • I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2.

  • My shyness disappeared when I got up to speak, and I was elected a senator in student government.

  • She stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.

  • He meanwhile shunned the public gaze with a haughty shyness which inflamed curiosity.

  • There was a spell in the shyness, which made her avoid and shun all admiring approaches to acquaintance.

  • He had drawn her now by his shyness, his horror of other people, his perfect satisfaction in their solitary communion.

  • Notwithstanding Thurstane's shyness and silences, she discovered his moral weight and gathered his unspoken meanings.

Level 9Browse all words →