Synonym: bashful, coy, demure, timid. Antonym: bold. Similar words: shyness. Meaning: [ʃaɪ] 
n. a quick throw. v. 1. start suddenly, as from fight 2. throw quickly. adj. 1. lacking self-confidence 2. easily startled or frightened 3. short 4. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things.
n. a quick throw. v. 1. start suddenly, as from fight 2. throw quickly. adj. 1. lacking self-confidence 2. easily startled or frightened 3. short 4. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things. 
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1) Once bit [bitten] twice shy.
2) Once bit, twice shy.
3) Once bitten, twice shy.
4) She's very shy with adults.
5) He was a quiet,(http://sentencedict.com/shy.html) shy man.
6) The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature.
7) As a teenager I was painfully shy.
8) The child was shy and hid behind his mother.
9) He was too shy to speak to her.
10) She didn't speak loudly because she was so shy.
11) Please don't be shy?I won't eat you!
12) I felt clumsy, shy and awkward at the party.
13) Mary is a shy girl.
14) Mary was shy at her introduction to the company.
15) He's at a disadvantage being so shy.
16) She was a shy and retiring person off-stage.
17) The children, at first shy, soon lost their inhibitions.
18) He's very shy and never makes eye contact.
19) She was too shy to ask anyone for help.
20) They're shy animals and don't often come out in daylight.
21) sometime affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom.
22) She is slim and shy - the very antithesis of her sister.
23) She was very shy while she was in elementary school.
24) At that age they can start becoming shy with the opposite sex.
25) Alan sings with shy intensity, hiding behind the security blanket of his guitar.
26) Sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom.
27) From "shy Mary," she morphed into a business person and working woman.
28) She's shy around strangers.
29) She seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy.
30) Her sociable manner is really a mask for a very shy nature.
More similar words: shyness.