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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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shyest

/ʃʌɪ/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃʌɪ/
shyest
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> shyest

Myanmar meaning

(adj[sup]) အရှက်ဆုံး

Full entry

shy1 /ʃaÇ/ adj (shyer, shyest )

၁။ (က) ရှက်သော။ ရှိုးတိုး ရှန့်တန့်ဖြစ်သော။ a shy, retiring young man ❍ He was too shy to speak to her. ❍ The child isn't at all shy with adults. (ခ) (အမူအရာစသည်) ရှက်စနိုး၊ ရှက်ဟန်ပြသော။ a shy look/smile.
၂။ လူမြင်မခံလိုသော၊ လူကိုလန့်သော (သားငှက်)။
၃။ ~ of sth / doing sth ရွံ့သော။ တွန့်သော။ be shy of publicity ❍ We are not shy of taking hard decisions.
၄။ ~ (on/of sth/sb) (US infml ) လိုသော။ We've plenty of wine, but we're shy on beer. ❍ We are still two players shy (of a full team).
v (pt, pp shied /ʃaÇd/ ) ~ (at sth) (မြင်း)လန့်ပြီး ပတတ် ရပ်သည်။ The colt shied at a paper bag blowing in the wind.
❏ -shy (forming compound adjs ) (အလုပ်စသည်) ကြောက် သော၊ ရှောင်ဖယ်လိုသော။ camera-shy (ie unwilling to be photographed) ❍ You've been work-shy all your life. shyly adv : smiling shyly. shyness n [U]: try to overcome one's shyness.
❏ shy away from sth / doing sth [PHRV ] ရှောင်သည်။ ရှောင်ရှားသည်။ I've always shied away from close friendships.

shy2 /ʃaÇ/ v (pt, pp shied /ʃaÇd/) (dated infml )

ပစ်သည်။ ပေါက် သည်။ See also COCONUT SHY

More examples
  • Archie was shy and awkward.
  • I’d love to meet her but I’m too shy to introduce myself.
  • A shy grin
  • He gave Joanna a quick shy glance.
  • [shy about/of] : He is very shy about singing in public.
  • Kevin and Ashley smiled shyly at each other.
Synonyms
introverted, retiring, withdrawn, timid, bashful, diffident, inhibited, reticent, reserved, quiet, avoided, balked, bunged, cast, chucked, cringed, declined, deflected, demurred, deviated, dissented, ducked, eluded, eschewed, evaded, feared, flung, gagged, garroted, humbled, jibbed, lapidated, lobbed, peppered, quieted, scrupled, shorted, shunned, squinched, started, threw, tossed, winced
Antonyms
bolded, braved, calmed, forwarded
Cross references
introvertedretiringwithdrawntimidbashfuldiffidentinhibitedreticentreservedquietavoidedbalkedbungedcastchuckedcringeddeclineddeflecteddemurreddeviateddissentedduckedeludedeschewedevadedfearedflunggagged
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