"look shy" meaning in English

See look shy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: looks shy [present, singular, third-person], looking shy [participle, present], looked shy [participle, past], looked shy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|look<,,looked> shy}} look shy (third-person singular simple present looks shy, present participle looking shy, simple past and past participle looked shy)
  1. To cast a suspicious glance on or at somebody; to mistrust.
    Sense id: en-look_shy-en-verb-VD7wm01x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look shy meaning in English (1.3kB)

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