1
verecund(shy, timid, diffident)
1
wary(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant, suspicious)
1
weak-kneed(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
1
withdrawing
1
worried(shy, afraid, apprehensive, scared, alarmed)
1
yellow(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
1
yielding
0
reticent(adjective, quiet, simple, modest, nervous)
0
suspicious(adjective, modest, nervous, humble, shy)
0
unassured(adjective, quiet, simple, modest, nervous)
0
your animal(expression, idiom)
0
abashing
0
afeard
0
aghast(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
0
alarmed(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
0
averse(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant, suspicious)
0
awkwardly bashful
0
biddable(quiet, modest, meek, unassuming, retiring)
0
browbeaten
0
butterflies
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