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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  shy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  bashful, cautious, chary, circumspect, constrained, cower, coy, demure, diffident, distrustful, fearful, hermetic, hesitant, humble, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, introverted, lacking, meek, modest, nervous, pavid, reclusive, reluctant, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, secluded, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, short, skittish, solitary, suspicious, taciturn, tentative, timid, timorous, tremulous, unassertive, unassuming, undemonstrative, unforthcoming, verecund, wary
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  shy
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, shyness, timidity
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  shy
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  blench, demur, flinch, quail
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  flinch
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust.
Synonyms:  blench, cringe, quail, recoil, shrink, start, wince
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  insufficient
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Not enough to meet a demand or requirement.
Synonyms:  deficient, inadequate, scarce, short, under, wanting
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  modest
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner.
Synonyms:  backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, retiring, self-effacing, timid
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  throw
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  An act of throwing.
Synonyms:  cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, sling, toss
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  throw
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm.
Synonyms:  cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, sling, toss

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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