'Shyness' definitions:
Definition of 'shyness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of fear of embarrassment
Definition of 'Shyness'
From: GCIDE
- Shyness \Shy"ness\, n. The quality or state of being shy. [Written also shiness.] [1913 Webster]
- Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul. --Baxter. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See Bashfulness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shyness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraidness,
- bashfulness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- compunction,
- confusion,
- coyness,
- demur,
- demureness,
- demurity,
- demurral,
- diffidence,
- embarrassment,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fearfulness,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- jumpiness,
- modesty,
- mousiness,
- objection,
- pause,
- protest,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- recoil,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- self-consciousness,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shrinking,
- shrinkingness,
- skittishness,
- stage fright,
- stagefright,
- stammering,
- startlishness,
- stickling,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- timorousness