Word Study
shyness
CIDE DICTIONARY
shyness, n.
The quality or state of being shy. [1913 Webster]
"Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See Bashfulness.
THESAURUS
shyness
afraidness, bashfulness, boggle, boggling, compunction, confusion, coyness, demur, demureness, demurity, demurral, diffidence, embarrassment, falter, faltering, fearfulness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jumpiness, modesty, mousiness, objection, pause, protest, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness, recoil, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, self-consciousness, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shrinking, shrinkingness, skittishness, stage fright, stagefright, stammering, startlishness, stickling, timidity, timidness, timorousnessFor further exploring for "shyness" in Webster Dictionary Online