Off hand, I'd say her problem is shyness.
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Shyness
//ˈʃaɪnəs//
Synonyms for "shyness" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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4 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ամոթ noun (quality of being shy)
Belarusian
1 entries- сарамлі́васць noun (quality of being shy)
Breton
2 entries- abafded noun (quality of being shy)
- abafder noun (quality of being shy)
Catalan
2 entries- timidesa noun (quality of being shy)
- timiditat noun (quality of being shy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شەرم noun (quality of being shy)
Chinese
1 entries- pì-sù noun (quality of being shy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 羞怯 noun (quality of being shy)
Czech
2 entries- plachost noun (quality of being shy)
- stydlivost noun (quality of being shy)
Danish
1 entries- genert noun (quality of being shy)
Dutch
1 entries- verlegenheid noun (quality of being shy)
Finnish
1 entries- ujous noun (quality of being shy)
French
1 entries- timidité noun (quality of being shy)
Galician
1 entries- timidez noun (quality of being shy)
German
3 entries- Scheu noun (quality of being shy)
- Scheuheit noun (quality of being shy)
- Schüchternheit noun (quality of being shy)
Greek
2 entries- ντροπαλοσύνη noun (quality of being shy)
- ντροπαλότητα noun (quality of being shy)
Hausa
1 entries- kunya noun (quality of being shy)
Irish
1 entries- cotadh noun (quality of being shy)
Latin
1 entries- verēcundia noun (quality of being shy)
Latvian
2 entries- biklums noun (quality of being shy)
- biklība noun (quality of being shy)
Malayalam
2 entries- നാണം noun (quality of being shy)
- ലജ്ജ noun (quality of being shy)
Māori
1 entries- ninihi noun (quality of being shy)
Old Czech
1 entries- chúlost noun (quality of being shy)
Polish
1 entries- nieśmiałość noun (quality of being shy)
Portuguese
1 entries- timidez noun (quality of being shy)
Romanian
1 entries- timiditate noun (quality of being shy)
Russian
2 entries- засте́нчивость noun (quality of being shy)
- скро́мность noun (quality of being shy)
Spanish
1 entries- timidez noun (quality of being shy)
Swahili
1 entries- soni noun (quality of being shy)
Telugu
1 entries- బిడియం noun (quality of being shy)
Turkish
1 entries- utangaçlık noun (quality of being shy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сором'язли́вість noun (quality of being shy)
- соромли́вість noun (quality of being shy)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I like him all the better for his shyness.
Source: tatoeba (301474)
His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.
Source: tatoeba (302132)
I like her all the better for her shyness.
Source: tatoeba (308416)
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