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| reluctant(modest, humble, shy, hesitant) | |
| chary(modest, humble, shy, hesitant) | |
| chaste(soft, shy, meek, frugal) | |
| conscious(modest, nervous, humble, hesitant) | |
| embarrassed(shy, timid, diffident, self-conscious) | |
| evasive | |
| frightened(nervous, shy, fearful, timid) | |
| introverted(modest, nervous, humble, shy) | |
| prudish | |
| pusillanimous(nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| shrinking(quiet, gentle, modest, nervous) | |
| submissive(soft, shy, meek, frugal) | |
| unassured(quiet, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| undemonstrative | |
| yellow(nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| abstemious(soft, shy, meek, frugal) | |
| averse(modest, humble, hesitant, suspicious) | |
| chicken | |
| chicken-livered | |
| craven |
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