1
as in bashfulness
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as in humility
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shyness
Noun
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Betty’s humility has been evident throughout the process.—
Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Each episode serves as a reminder how baseball imitates life while its beauty is manifested through humility and perseverance.—
Noun
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Court records show that CGV was keen to avoid embarrassment associated with the deal.—
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The term had the slightly kitschy flavor of other Cold War embarrassments—C.I.A. spy cats and Reds-under-the-bed paranoia.—
Noun
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Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.—
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But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.—
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Burberry, Max Mara, Chanel, Anna Sui and Victoria Beckham, who crafted a navy scarf headpiece for Abdi’s modesty.—
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Back in South Korea, Son has rightly earned the status of a national hero and wears the lofty honor with admirable modesty.—
Noun
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Those raising awareness of the Arabic Facebook posts feel no such inhibition.—
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However, there are widespread inhibitions against the use of fast chargers, as they’re widely believed to reduce the total lifespan of an EV battery – although there is currently little data to support the theory.—
Noun
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His research concluded that sociability, or friendliness in dogs is significantly related to size.—
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These sentiments could lead to links between sweet preference and sociability, or approachableness.—
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Politicians in these countries have quietly expressed revulsion at President Donald Trump’s apparent friendliness with Vladimir Putin and willingness to make sweetheart deals at the expense of Ukraine.—
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In the early 2000s, the village's pedestrian friendliness and mix of uses was ahead of its time — for the U.S.—
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.—
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“Shyness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shyness. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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