SHYER

SHY

shy

(adjective) wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; “shy of strangers”

diffident, shy, timid, unsure

(adjective) lacking self-confidence; “stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; “problems that call for bold not timid responses”; “a very unsure young man”

shy

(adjective) short; “eleven is one shy of a dozen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

shyer

comparative form of shy

Noun

shyer (plural shyers)

A horse that shies.

Anagrams

• Hyres, hyrse, reysh

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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