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SHYNESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shyness mean?

• SHYNESS (noun)
The noun SHYNESS has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of fear of embarrassment

Familiarity information: SHYNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHYNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A feeling of fear of embarrassment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("shyness" is a kind of...):

timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)

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