148 entries under shy topic. ×
| unpresuming(adjective, soft, meek, frugal) | |
| unpretending(adjective, soft, meek, frugal) | |
| unreciprocated(adjective, humble, docile, lamblike) | |
| unrepugnant(adjective, soft, meek, frugal) | |
| vacillating(weak, soft, nervous, fearful) | |
| without response(adjective, humble, docile, lamblike) | |
| yellow(weak, soft, nervous, pathetic) | |
| afraid(nervous, fearful) | |
| ambivalent(nervous, fearful) | |
| apprehensive(quiet, modest, nervous, meek) | |
| badgered(nervous, fearful) | |
| bullied(nervous, fearful) | |
| capricious(nervous, fearful) | |
| cowed(nervous, fearful) | |
| daunted(nervous, fearful) | |
| fainthearted(nervous, fearful) | |
| having cold feet(expression, idiom, nervous, fearful) | |
| hesitant(quiet, modest, nervous, meek) | |
| intimidated(nervous, yielding, fearful) | |
| mousy(nervous, fearful) |
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