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Meaning of SHYNESS

Pronunciation:  sh'Inus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a feeling of fear of embarrassment
 

SHYNESS is a 7 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: timidity, timidness, timorousness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Shy"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being shy. [Written also {shiness}.]

      Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly
      important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy
      soul.                                    --Baxter.

Syn: Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See
     {Bashfulness}.

 

 

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