| shrinking(adjective, quiet, gentle, modest, nervous) | |
| submissive(adjective, soft, shy, meek, frugal) | |
| tremulous | |
| unassured(adjective, quiet, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| undemonstrative(adjective, modest) | |
| woo | |
| yellow(adjective, nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| abstemious(adjective, soft, shy, meek, frugal) | |
| amative | |
| amatory | |
| averse(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant, suspicious) | |
| blushful(shy, timid, diffident, embarrassed, self-conscious) | |
| caressive | |
| celibate(attitude, behavior, decency, modesty, propriety) | |
| chicken | |
| chicken-livered | |
| constrained(shy, meek, timid, unassuming, diffident) | |
| craven | |
| decorous | |
| decoy |
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