shyness
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
shyness
- /ˈʃaɪnəs/
Rhymes with -aɪnəs
noun shynesses
-
The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.
Her shyness kept her from asking him to the prom.
Similar: bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, reluctance, introversion, quietness, reservation, reticence, shyness, sheepishness, timidity
Translations
Every language
noun quality of being shy
| Español | timidez |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 羞怯 xiūqiè, xiūquè |
| Kiswahili | soni |
| Português | timidez |
| Français | timidité |
| Deutsch | Schüchternheit, Scheu, Scheuheit |
| Ελληνικά | ντροπαλότητα ntropalótita, ντροπαλοσύνη ntropalosýni |
| Română | timiditate |
| Русский | скро́мность skrómnostʹ, засте́нчивость zasténčivostʹ |
Talk about this word "shyness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shyness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shyness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shyness "shyness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shyness.Cite this
@misc{shyness_2026,
title = {shyness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shyness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
