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110 entries under shy topic. ×
| afraid(adjective, weak, soft, base, modest) | |
| confused(adjective, timid, diffident) | |
| cowering(weak, nervous, fearful, spineless) | |
| distrustful(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| fainthearted(weak, nervous, fearful, timid) | |
| inhospitable(adjective, cool, cold, sensitive) | |
| loath(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| misanthropic(adjective, quiet, gentle, unfriendly) | |
| nongregarious(adjective, quiet, cool, cold, restrained) | |
| recessive(adjective, cool, cold, modest, sensitive) | |
| skittish(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| soft(calm, quiet, weak, reasonable, mild) | |
| stuck-up(adjective, cool, cold, modest, sensitive) | |
| suspicious(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| unbending(cool, cold, sensitive, unfriendly) | |
| unneighborly(cool, cold, sensitive, unfriendly) | |
| unwilling(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant) | |
| uppity(cool, cold, sensitive, unfriendly) | |
| wavering(adjective, gentle, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| ambivalent(nervous, fearful) |
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