gun-shy in English

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    {
      "form": "gun-shy",
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        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "more gun-shy",
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        {
          "text": "Although her father was a hunter, the little girl was gun-shy."
        }
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          "text": "The dog was gun-shy of fireworks and thunder."
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          "word": "eager"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After crashing the car, I was gun-shy of driving."
        }
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        "If someone or something is gun-shy, they are fearful or wary, especially because of past experience."
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        {
          "word": "apprehensive"
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          "word": "cautious"
        },
        {
          "word": "distrustful"
        },
        {
          "word": "hesitant"
        },
        {
          "word": "timid"
        },
        {
          "word": "wary"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "gun-shy"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gun-shy",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more gun-shy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most gun-shy",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "Although her father was a hunter, the little girl was gun-shy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone or something is gun-shy, they are afraid of guns."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fearful"
        },
        {
          "word": "frightened"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dog was gun-shy of fireworks and thunder."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone or something is gun-shy, they are scared of the sound guns make."
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eager"
        },
        {
          "word": "trusting"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After crashing the car, I was gun-shy of driving."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone or something is gun-shy, they are fearful or wary, especially because of past experience."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "apprehensive"
        },
        {
          "word": "cautious"
        },
        {
          "word": "distrustful"
        },
        {
          "word": "hesitant"
        },
        {
          "word": "timid"
        },
        {
          "word": "wary"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gun-shy"
}

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"gun-shy" meaning in English

Adjective