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Definition shy

Etymology

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English s??oh (“shy”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).

Adjective

shy (comparative shier or shyer or more shy, superlative shiest or shyest or most shy)

  1. Easily frightened; timid.
  2. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
  3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  4. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
  5. Embarrassed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Verb

shy (third-person singular simple present shies, present participle shying, simple past and past participle shied)

  1. (intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.
  2. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
  3. (transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

Noun

shy (plural shies)

  1. An act of throwing.
  2. A place for throwing.
  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  4. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

Results 374 Words with the letters SHY

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7 letter words with the letters SHY 
6 letter words with the letters SHY 
BOLSHY 14
BOYISH 13
BRASHY 13
BRUSHY 14
CHASMY 16
CHEESY 13
CHESTY 13
CHOOSY 13
CHYLES 14
CHYMES 16
COYISH 13
DRYISH 11
ETHYLS 11
FLASHY 14
FLESHY 14
FLYSCH 17
GHOSTY 12
GHYLLS 14
GLYPHS 16
GOYISH 12
HAYERS 10
HENRYS 11
HERESY 10
HEXYLS 18
HONEYS 11
HOOEYS 10
HORSEY 10
HOSTLY 11
HOYLES 11
HYBRIS 13
HYDRAS 11
HYDROS 11
HYENAS 11
HYMENS 14
HYOIDS 11
HYSONS 11
HYSSOP 13
KYBOSH 17
KYTHES 14
LUSHLY 13
LYMPHS 17
MARSHY 13
MYNAHS 14
MYRRHS 13
MYTHOS 13
NYMPHS 17
PHYSED 14
PHYSES 13
PHYSIC 16
PHYSIS 13
PLASHY 14
PLUSHY 15
POSHLY 14
PSYCHE 16
PSYCHO 16
PSYCHS 16
RASHLY 11
RAYAHS 10
RHYMES 13
SASHAY 10
SAUGHY 13
SCHIZY 22
SCYPHI 16
SCYTHE 13
SHABBY 16
SHAGGY 14
SHALEY 11
SHAMMY 16
SHAMOY 13
SHANDY 12
SHANNY 12
SHANTY 11
SHARNY 11
SHARPY 13
SHEENY 11
SHELLY 12
SHELTY 11
SHELVY 15
SHERRY 10
SHIFTY 13
SHIMMY 16
SHINDY 12
SHINNY 12
SHIRTY 10
SHITTY 10
SHOALY 11
SHODDY 12
SHORTY 10
SHOYUS 11
SHYERS 10
SHYEST 10
SHYING 13
SLOSHY 11
SLUSHY 12
SMITHY 13
SPHERY 13
SPHYNX 21
STITHY 10
SWISHY 13
SYLPHS 14
SYLPHY 16
SYNCHS 14
SYNTHS 11
SYPHER 13
SYPHON 14
THUSLY 12
THUYAS 11
THYMES 13
THYMUS 14
THYRSE 10
THYRSI 10
TOYISH 10
TRASHY 10
TYPHUS 14
TYTHES 10
WHIMSY 16
WHISKY 17
WYCHES 16
YACHTS 13
YAHOOS 10
YECCHS 16
YIRTHS 10
YOUTHS 11
5 letter words with the letters SHY 
BUSHY 13
CHAYS 12
CUSHY 13
DASHY 10
DISHY 10
FISHY 12
GUSHY 12
HUSKY 14
HUSSY 10
HYLAS 10
HYMNS 13
HYPES 12
HYPOS 12
HYSON 10
MASHY 12
MESHY 12
MUSHY 13
MYTHS 12
PSYCH 15
PUSHY 13
RUSHY 10
SHADY 10
SHAKY 13
SHALY 10
SHILY 10
SHINY 10
SHOWY 12
SHOYU 10
SHYLY 12
SOPHY 12
SYLPH 13
SYNCH 13
SYNTH 10
SYPHS 12
TUSHY 10
WASHY 12
WHEYS 12
YECHS 12
YODHS 10
YOGHS 11
4 letter words with the letters SHY 
ASHY 8
HAYS 8
HOYS 8
HYPS 11
SHAY 8
SYPH 11
WHYS 11
3 letter words with the letters SHY 
SHY 7
2 letter words with the letters SHY 
SH 4

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