Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)shya quick throw“he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman” Verbs
(v)shystart suddenly, as from fright Adjectives
(a)diffident, shy, timid, unsurelacking self-confidence“stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”,
“problems that call for bold not timid responses”,
“a very unsure young man” (s)shyshort“eleven is one shy of a dozen” (s)shywary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things“shy of strangers”