shyness
21
2.8
- noun
- /ˈʃaɪnəs/
:
tímidez
- Overcoming her shyness allowed her to make many new friends.
- shyness and loneliness
- shyness and worry
- shyness and fear
It can be hard to move beyond your shyness when you're insecure.
- It can be hard to move beyond your shyness when you're insecure.
- You saw him turn, saw shyness, then jealousy enter his eyes as he looked away.
- So there are people who think, yeah, I can get smarter, but I can't change my shyness.
- So I kind of had to like I had to overcome my shyness and do the thing that was on my heart to do, which was to go try stand up.
- I had just mad crushes with absolute shyness.
- Age, maturity, life changed the the shyness.
- Like that would just be unimaginable for this, like bordering on some kind of social disorder, shyness.
Examples
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Her shyness made it difficult for her to speak in front of the class.
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He often struggled with shyness when meeting new people at social events.
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All my fear, all my shyness, gone.
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I'll never know what shyness is again.
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I love your wide eyes and the way you smile and your shyness.
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Another possibility is that shyness is a bridge to worry.
Academic text (2005) -
You have to get over that silly shyness.
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Most guys who look that good are pretty confident about it, but his shyness was absolutely adorable.
Academic text (2008) -
In the United States, early appearing shyness may create more problems of adjustment than it would in Germany.
Academic text (1998) -
I only drink occasionally, to be social, to alleviate my shyness.
Synonyms
36
2.7
A feeling of being worried or anxious
10
7.8
A feeling of not wanting to speak or share thoughts
7
4.8
Strong fear or worry about talking to other people because they may judge you
7
5.8
Feeling too shy or afraid to try new things
1
7.6
A tendency to be easily frightened or nervous
1
3.9
Being shy and easily embarrassed around other people
1
4.9
Feeling afraid and not confident in new or unknown situations
1
5.6
A feeling of being embarrassed and shy after making a mistake
A strong fear of trying new things or meeting new people
A quality of being very shy and quiet so you do not attract attention
A tendency to be quiet and avoid talking
Quiet behaviour that does not show feelings or thoughts openly
A habit of staying quiet and keeping away from other people
Antonyms
How Shy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word shyness comes from shy, a word long tied to shame meaning 'embarrassed' or 'timid'. So, shyness is the feeling of wanting to hide or move away from people because you feel uneasy or embarrassed.