Shy
adjective
- 1.
- (easily frightened, distressful; wary, self-conscious; reserved: cautious; failing short) ដែលមូរមុខ, ដែលអៀនប្រៀន, ដែលផ្អើល shy person ដែលអៀនខ្មាស shy horse ដែលរអើល, shy of the goal ដែលខ្វះបន្ដិច
Example: He was too shy to speak to her.
verb — past tense: shied ; past participle: shied ; present participle: shying ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to start suddenly aside. -fight shy of to evade) ផ្អើល
Example: Baby is shy, Birds are very shy, The horse shied when he heard the whistle of the train
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- 2.
- A side throw; a throw; a fling.
adjective
- 1.
- Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
- 2.
- Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
- 3.
- Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
- 4.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
verb — past tense: shied ; past participle: shied ; present participle: shying ;
- 1.
- To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
- 1.
- bashful, cautious, chary, demure, diffident, fearful, modest, reserved, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, timorous, wary
- 1.
- audacious, bold, brazen, forward, immodest