"shyness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃaɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shyness.wav Forms: shynesses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəs Etymology: From shy + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shy|ness}} shy + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} shyness (usually uncountable, plural shynesses)
  1. The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions Derived forms: crown shyness, love-shyness Related terms: shy, shy person Translations (quality of being shy): ամոթ (amotʻ) (Armenian), сарамлі́васць (saramlívascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), abafded [feminine] (Breton), abafder [masculine] (Breton), timidesa [feminine] (Catalan), timiditat [feminine] (Catalan), شەرم (şerm) (Central Kurdish), pì-sù [Hokkien] (Chinese), 羞怯 (xiūqiè, xiūquè) (Chinese Mandarin), plachost [feminine] (Czech), stydlivost [feminine] (Czech), genert (Danish), verlegenheid [feminine] (Dutch), ujous (Finnish), timidité [feminine] (French), timidez [feminine] (Galician), Schüchternheit (German), Scheu [feminine] (German), Scheuheit [feminine] (German), ντροπαλότητα (ntropalótita) [feminine] (Greek), ντροπαλοσύνη (ntropalosýni) [feminine] (Greek), kunya [feminine] (Hausa), cotadh [masculine] (Irish), verēcundia [feminine] (Latin), biklums [masculine] (Latvian), biklība [feminine] (Latvian), ലജ്ജ (lajja) (Malayalam), നാണം (nāṇaṁ) (Malayalam), ninihi (Maori), chúlost [feminine] (Old Czech), nieśmiałość [feminine] (Polish), timidez [feminine] (Portuguese), timiditate [feminine] (Romanian), скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), засте́нчивость (zasténčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), timidez [feminine] (Spanish), soni (Swahili), బిడియం (biḍiyaṁ) (Telugu), utangaçlık (Turkish), соромли́вість (soromlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), сором'язли́вість (soromʺjazlývistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnəs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "bashfulness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "demureness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "diffidence"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "reluctance"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "introversion"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "quietness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "reservation"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "reticence"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "shyness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "sheepishness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shyness",
      "word": "timidity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "amotʻ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "ամոթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "saramlívascʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сарамлі́васць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abafded"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abafder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timidesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timiditat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "pì-sù"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūqiè, xiūquè",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "羞怯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plachost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stydlivost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "genert"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verlegenheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "ujous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timidité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "Schüchternheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheuheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntropalótita",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ντροπαλότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntropalosýni",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ντροπαλοσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kunya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "şerm",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "شەرم"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verēcundia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biklums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biklība"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "lajja",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "ലജ്ജ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nāṇaṁ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "നാണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "ninihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "zlw-ocs",
      "lang": "Old Czech",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chúlost"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nieśmiałość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timiditate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrómnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скро́мность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasténčivostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "засте́нчивость"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "soni"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "biḍiyaṁ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "బిడియం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "word": "utangaçlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "soromlývistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "соромли́вість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "soromʺjazlývistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being shy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сором'язли́вість"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shyness"
}

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