| bashful | | |
| adj. | 1. bashful | self-consciously timid.; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall" |
| ~ timid | showing fear and lack of confidence. |
| adj. | 2. bashful, blate | disposed to avoid notice.; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it" |
| ~ scotland | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts. |
| ~ backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature.; "a backward lover" |
| diffident | | |
| adj. | 1. diffident | showing modest reserve.; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture" |
| ~ reserved | marked by self-restraint and reticence.; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion" |
| adj. | 2. diffident, shy, timid, unsure | lacking self-confidence.; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" |
| maidenly | | |
| adj. | 1. maidenlike, maidenly | befitting or characteristic of a maiden.; "a maidenly blush" |
| ~ feminine | associated with women and not with men.; "feminine intuition" |
| shy | | |
| n. (act) | 1. shy | a quick throw.; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| v. (motion) | 2. shy | start suddenly, as from fright. |
| ~ jump, startle, start | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.; "She startled when I walked into the room" |
| v. (contact) | 3. shy | throw quickly. |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| adj. | 4. shy | short.; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| adj. | 5. shy | wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things.; "shy of strangers" |
| ~ wary | marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" |
| timid | | |
| n. (group) | 1. cautious, timid | people who are fearful and cautious.; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| adj. | 2. timid | showing fear and lack of confidence. |
| ~ unadventurous | lacking in boldness. |
| ~ afraid | filled with fear or apprehension.; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions" |
| ~ unassertive | inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence.; "a shy unassertive person" |
| ~ backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature.; "a backward lover" |
| ~ bashful | self-consciously timid.; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall" |
| ~ coy | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures.; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled" |
| ~ timorous, trepid, fearful | timid by nature or revealing timidity.; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog" |
| ~ intimidated | made timid or fearful as by threats. |
| ~ mousy, mousey | quiet and timid and ineffectual. |
| ~ cowardly, fearful | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then" |
| adj. | 3. faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid | lacking conviction or boldness or courage.; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" |
| ~ cowardly, fearful | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then" |
| shy | | |
| embarrass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (social) | 2. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| put off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| ~ reschedule | assign a new time and place for an event.; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment" |
| ~ call off, cancel, scrub, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.; "call a football game" |
| ~ hold | stop dealing with.; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
| ~ suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. |
| ~ reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. put off, turn off | cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. |
| ~ repel, repulse | be repellent to; cause aversion in. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. dishearten, put off | take away the enthusiasm of. |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ fluster | cause to be nervous or upset. |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ distract, deflect | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| v. (communication) | 5. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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