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shy(quiet, cool, cold, unfriendly)
9
regressive(passive, retrograde, regressive, relapsed)
6
recessionary
3
receding
3
recidivist
3
relapsing(passive, regressive)
2
backsliding
2
backward(quiet, restrained, modest, humble)
2
dormant
2
latent
2
unsociable(shy, unfriendly, reticent, unassuming)
1
antagonistic(cool, cold, sensitive, shy)
1
bashful(quiet, restrained, modest, humble)
1
brooding(cool, cold, sensitive, shy)
1
coy(quiet, restrained, modest, nervous)
1
declining
1
demure(quiet, restrained, modest, humble)
1
financial condition
1
fleeing
1
inaccessible(cool, cold, sensitive, shy)
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