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64 entries under nervous topic. ×
| apprehensive(adjective, modest, humble, shy) | |
| distrustful(adjective, modest, humble, shy) | |
| faint(adjective, close, quiet, restrained) | |
| fearful(adjective, modest, humble, shy) | |
| mousy(still, shy, fearful, hushed) | |
| recessive(adjective, quiet, modest, humble) | |
| shamefaced(adjective, modest, humble, shy) | |
| sheepish(adjective, quiet, simple, modest) | |
| skittish(adjective, modest, humble, shy) | |
| soft(adjective, calm, close, quiet, reasonable) | |
| spiritless(adjective, cool, shy, unfriendly) | |
| unassured(adjective, quiet, simple, modest) | |
| ambivalent(shy, fearful) | |
| badgered(shy, fearful) | |
| browbeaten(shy, fearful) | |
| bullied(shy, fearful) | |
| capricious(shy, fearful) | |
| conscious(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| cowardly(adjective, shy, fearful, timid) | |
| cowed(shy, fearful) |
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