Shying

Synonyms for "shying" (448 found)

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disinclined dissent distrustful dodge double doubtful doubting draw aside draw back draw in dubious duck ease off edge off elude elusion embryonic empty of equivocate equivocation

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Adjective(4 words)

distant embarrassed hesitant meticulous

Verb(12 words)

dump feck fling heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle jerk launch lob

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missing mistrustful mistrusting modest mousy move aside mystify needing nervous neutrality nitpick nonintervention noninvolvement obscure out of out of pocket palter panic parry part

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partial pass patchy pause peg pelt pick nits pitch pitchfork ponder pot potshot prevaricate prevention pull pull away pull back pull in pull out pullback pullout pussyfoot put put off put the shot pyrrhonic quail qualmish questioning quibble rabbity recoil reel reel back refraining reluctant reserved reticent retiring retract retreat runaround scant scant of scanty scarce scary scrappy screwball scrimpy scruple scrupulous secluded self-conscious self-distrustful self-effacing serve service shaky shamefaced shamefast sheepish sheer off shift shift off shilly shally shilly-shally shivery short short of shot put shove aside shrink shrink back shrinking shuffle shun shunning shunt shy at shy away shy of shy off side sidestep sideswipe sidetrack sidle sinker skedaddle skeptical sketchy skimpy skittery skittish slender sling sling at slip snap spitball split hairs squeamish stammering stampede start start aside start back startle startlish steer clear of step aside stick stick at stickle stickling stop to consider straddle the fence strain strain at stumble suspecting suspicious swerve switch tentative tergiversate think twice think twice about throw throw at tilt timid timorous toss toss at trembling tremulous trepidant trigger happy trigger-happy turn aside turn away turn back unassertive unassured unblessed with uncertain underdeveloped undeveloped uneager unpossessed of untrusting unwilling veer veer off voiceless void void of wanting ward off waver weasel weasel out wince withdraw yield zigzag

Adjective(12 words)

mousy passive prudent quiet reclusive retiring shamefast sheep-faced sheepish submissive timid uncommunicative

Verb(22 words)

peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy away skew slight sling start startle thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip

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whop wing

Adjective(2 words)

timid unsure

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Everyone keeps shying away from John.

Source: tatoeba (11531342)

Not that there is anything really inexplicable in these odd directions of childish fear, any more than in the unpredictable shyings of the horse.

Source: wiktionary

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