English
Etymology
shy -ness
Noun
shyness (usually uncountable , plural shynesses
The quality of being shy ; a fear of social interactions .
His shyness kept him from asking her to the prom.
Synonyms
Translations
quality of being shy
Belarusian: сарамлі́васць f ( saramlívascʹ )
Breton: abafded (br) f abafder (br) m
Catalan: timidesa (ca) f timiditat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羞怯 (zh) ( xiūqiè, xiūquè )
Min Nan: pì-sù
Czech: plachost f stydlivost f
Danish: genert
Finnish: ujous (fi)
French: timidité (fr) f
Galician: timidez f
German: Schüchternheit (de) , Scheu (de) f Scheuheit (de) f
Greek: ντροπαλότητα (el) f ( ntropalótita ) , ντροπαλοσύνη (el) f ( ntropalosýni )
Hausa: kunya (ha) f
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Latvian: biklums m biklība f
Maori: ninihi
Polish: nieśmiałość (pl) f
Portuguese: timidez (pt) f
Romanian: timiditate (ro) f
Russian: скро́мность (ru) f ( skrómnostʹ ) , засте́нчивость (ru) f ( zasténčivostʹ )
Spanish: timidez (es) f
Swahili: soni (sw)
Telugu: బిడియం (te) ( biḍiyaṁ )
Turkish: utangaçlık (tr)
Ukrainian: соромли́вість f ( soromlývistʹ ) , сором'язли́вість f ( soromʺjazlývistʹ )