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Antonyms for shyness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : shahy
Phonetic Transcription : ʃaɪ


Definition of shyness

Origin :
  • late Old English sceoh "timid, easily startled," from Proto-Germanic *skeukh(w)az "afraid" (cf. Middle Low German schüwe, Dutch schuw, German scheu "shy;" Old High German sciuhen, German scheuchen "to scare away"). Uncertain cognates outside Germanic, unless in Old Church Slavonic shchuti "to hunt, incite." Italian schivare "to avoid," Old French eschiver "to shun" are Germanic loan-words. Meaning "lacking, short of" is from 1895, American English gambling slang. Related: Shyly; shyness.
  • noun bashfulness
Example sentences :
  • After a sort of shyness in the recognition, he turns back with them.
  • Extract from : « Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Somehow the shyness which her sister had accused her of seemed to have gone.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It was a terrible struggle between my shyness and my affection.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • He was troubled by no such personal modesty and shyness as was Enver.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • By degrees the students lost their shyness in the presence of their Professor.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And by the time dinner was over some of his shyness and awkwardness had worn away.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In spite of all her shyness, when her blood was up, she was all the princess.
  • Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • He laughed at her shyness, the happy triumphant laugh of the conqueror.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • Her manner presented a curious combination of shyness and audacity.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Isobel did not know about the pumps—she thought Jerry had retreated there from shyness.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

Synonyms for shyness

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