- Types Of Speech
- You can use shy as a noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shy
- A 1 syllables noun and 3 letters with the letters h, s, and y, 3 consonants, 0 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter h. Shy starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, and the ending characters are y, hy, ..
- Definition
- A quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Shy is set as a kindergarten word that starts with s, ends with y, 1 syllables, 0 vowels and 3 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is shy a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Shy in Pig Latin is said as "yshay or yshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | y
- Bigram
- sh | hy
- Trigram
- shy
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a quick throw;
"he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
- Verb Examples
- throw quickly
- start suddenly, as from fight
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- wary and distrustful;
disposed to avoid persons or things;
"shy of strangers" - easily startled or frightened
- lacking self-confidence;
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed";
"problems that call for bold not timid responses";
"a very unsure young man"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abjure | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" "She abjured her beliefs" |
| About The Bush | |
| Afraid | filled with regret or concern used often to soften an unpleasant statement "I''m afraid I won''t be able to come" "he was afraid he would have to let her go" "I''m afraid you''re wrong" |
| Agnostic | a person who doubts truth of religion |
| Ailing | somewhat ill or prone to illness "my poor ailing grandmother" "feeling a bit indisposed today" "you look a little peaked" "feeling poorly" "a sickly child" "is unwell and can''t come to work" |
| Anserine | having or revealing stupidity "ridiculous anserine behavior" "a dopey answer" "a dopey kid" "some fool idea about rewriting authors'' books" |
| Apostatise | abandon one''s beliefs or allegiances |
| Apostatize | abandon one''s beliefs or allegiances |
| Apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm "apprehensive for one''s life" "apprehensive of danger" |
| Arbalest | medieval artillery used during sieges a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shy
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shy | a quick throw "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" |
View English words with the unique letters used in shy. Words With The Letters Hsy
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shy | a quick throw "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Throw | the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Shyrlee | No | No |
| Shyrle | No | No |
| Shyrl | No | No |
| Shyla | Yes | Yes |
| Shyrel | Yes | Yes |
View All Names For Shy
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Feelings | Describe shy | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shy (3 letters) | 9 | 7 | shy | ||
| Shay (4 letters) | 10 +1 | 8 +1 | ahsy | ||
| Hays (4 letters) | 10 +1 | 8 +1 | ahsy | ||
| Hayes (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 9 +2 | yesha | ||
| Heyse (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 9 +2 | heyse | ||
| Shady (5 letters) | 12 +3 | 10 +3 | shady | ||
| Ashy (4 letters) | 10 +1 | 8 +1 | ahsy | ||
| Yesha (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 9 +2 | yesha | ||
| Aysha (5 letters) | 11 +2 | 9 +2 | aysha | ||
| Ashby (5 letters) | 13 +4 | 12 +5 | ashby |
Shy Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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