shy
shy is a 3-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
- superlative. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
- superlative. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- adjective. To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
- transitive verb. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
- noun. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- noun. A side throw; a throw; a fling.
- noun. a quick throw
"he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
- verb. throw quickly
- verb. start suddenly, as from fright
- adjective. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
"shy of strangers"
- adjective. lacking self-confidence
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"
"problems that call for bold not timid responses"
- adjective. short
"eleven is one shy of a dozen"
Synonyms
Common word forms
shied, shier, shies, shily, shyer, shyly, shiest, shyest, shying, shyness
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