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# shyness

«shyness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being nervous, quiet and uncomfortable…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shyness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Shyness is the feeling of being nervous, quiet and uncomfortable with people you don't know well or when everyone is looking at you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about feelings, pupils learn that shyness is normal and that many people feel shy; it can get easier with small brave steps. In stories a shy character may overcome shyness. Phrases: «overcome shyness», «out of shyness», «get over your shyness».

### examples

- Her shyness made it hard to speak in front of the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x1)
- Shyness is nothing to be ashamed of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x2)
- Out of shyness, he hid behind his mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x3)
- A kind smile helped her get over her shyness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x4)
- Many actors fought shyness when they were children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x5)
- Shyness often fades as you get to know people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x6)
- However, he dissembled cleverly, and putting on a sweet air of shyness he approached the rebel chief with slow steps and eyes glancing like a frightened deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «shyness», not «a shyness». From «shy» + «-ness». Shy (nervous with people) is not the same as rude or unfriendly.

### In the corpora

- ["Shucks!" is an old-fashioned American mild word for disappointment or shyness, used instead of a rude word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shyness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.