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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61) The band has never been shy of publicity.
62) We're only £100 shy of the total amount.
63) He perceived what the shy little man wanted.
64) We are still two men shy .
65) She described Gary as shy. Sentencedict.com
66) She is too shy to go to parties.
67) Many women fight shy of motherhood.
68) The Democrats are three votes shy of a majority.
69) We are still two players shy .
70) He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.
71) She was very shy with strangers.
72) She seems confident, but she's really quite shy underneath.
73) Underneath his outgoing behaviour Luke was shy.
74) Deer are shy creatures .
75) I suddenly came over all shy.
76) We frequently shy away from making decisions.
77) He's too shy to ask her out.
78) As a child, Elizabeth was very shy and retiring.
79) Oh, have you gone all shy, Jenny?
80) She is shy of speaking in public.
81) He's very shy and needs to be drawn out.
82) He was a shy man who shunned all publicity.
83) I come over all shy whenever I see her.
84) He is a shy soft-spoken person.
85) Streep plays a shy, nervous woman.
86) She was quiet and shy.
87) The child isn't at all shy with adults.
88) She certainly won't marry again once bitten, twice shy.
89) He was a shy, sometimes unhappy man.
90) He is a naturally shy, retiring man.
More similar words: shyness.