shy

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
• Hypernyms:
throw

II - verb

1. start suddenly, as from fright (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
startle, jump, start
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. throw quickly
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective

1. lacking self-confidence
- stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
- problems that call for bold not timid responses
- a very unsure young man
• Syn:
diffident, timid, unsure
• Ant:
confident (for: diffident)
• Derivationally related forms:
timidness (for: timid), shyness, diffidence (for: diffident)
• Attrubites:
confidence
2. short
- eleven is one shy of a dozen
• Similar to:
insufficient, deficient
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
3. wary and distrustful;
disposed to avoid persons or things
- shy of strangers
• Similar to:
wary

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shy(p), diffident, timid, unsure