Crossword Answer: SHY
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Crossword Puzzle Clues for SHY
Below is the complete list of clues we found in our database for SHY:
- ___ away from (avoid)
- Bashful
- A few bucks short
- A little short, as of money
- Acting tongue-tied
- Afraid to speak up
- Averse to conversing
- Averse to first moves, e.g.
- Averse to first moves
- Averse to mingling
- Averse to mixing
- Avoiding the spotlight
- Coming up short
- Far from a drama queen
- Far from forward
- Far from outgoing
- Introverted
- Great White "Once Bitten Twice ___"
- Easily frightened
- Easily scared
- Easily startled
- Deficient
- Demure
- Diffident
- Hardly bold
- Hardly extroverted
- Hardly forward
- Hardly gregarious
- Hardly likely to streak
- Hardly outgoing
- Distrustful
- Coy
- Flinch
- In debt to the pot
- Inclined to avoid the spotlight
- Indebted to the pot, in poker lingo
- Draw back
- "He's So ____"
- Hesitant to ask that pretty girl to dance, say
- Extremely self-conscious
- Cat Stevens "Don't Be ___"
- Just short
- Daphnean
- Not very outgoing
- "Too ___" (Kajagoogoo)
- Still owing
- Like many a wallflower
- Mousy
- Like most introverts
- Like shrinking violets
- Owing the pot
- Owing
- Sheepish
- Like wallflowers
- Likely to shrink
- Quick throw
- Quiet
- Short, as in a poker game
- Short at the poker table
- Short by
- Short, in a way
- Short in the pot
- Short, moneywise
- Short of
- Short of money
- Short (of)
- Withdrawn
- Short
- Pointer Sisters "He's So ___"
- Lacking enough money
- Lacking self-confidence
- Lacking the required funds
- Lacking
- Wallflower-ish
- Wallflowerish
- Wallflowery
- Meek
- Loath to mingle
- Once bitten, twice ___
- "Once bitten, twice ___"
- Once bitten, twice ...
- Rear up
- Reclusive
- Recoil
- Leery of being noticed, maybe
- Reluctant to meet people, say
- Reluctant to mingle
- Reluctant to mix
- Less than forward
- Reserved
- Light
- Not a people person
- Reticent
- Not at all forward
- Retiring partner?
- Not big on social events, say
- Retiring
- Not bold
- Retreating
- Not camera-ready?
- Not comfortable with the limelight
- Not fond of mingling
- Not fond of mixing
- Not forthcoming
- Not forward
- Not good at mingling
- Prone to blushing, say
- Not likely to make the first move
- Not likely to mingle
- Not likely to pipe up
- Not likely to pose nude
- Not likely to start a conversation at a party
- Like a shrinking violet
- Not making eye contact, say
- Not much of a company man?
- Not open
- Not outgoing in social situations
- Not outgoing
- Like a wallflower at a party
- Like a wallflower
- Not prone to mingling
- Not quite enough
- Like an introvert
- Like Bashful
- Wanting
- Shrink
- Shrinking
- Shunning the spotlight, maybe
- Wary of people
- Wary
- Word that surrounds "short of money"
- Spotlight-avoiding
- Scared of public speaking, perhaps
- Unable to pay the full amount
- Unable to pay
- Unassertive
- Unassuming
- Uncomfortable in singles bars
- Skittish
- Uneasy around strangers
- Uneffusive
- Throw sidewise with a jerk.
- Slow to mingle
- Slow to mix, say
- Slow to warm up
- Unlike a social butterfly
- Unlikely to ask someone out
- Unlikely to break the ice
- Unlikely to initiate social contact
- Unlikely to make advances
- Unlikely to make the first move
- Unlikely to orate
- Unlikely to raise one's hand in class
- Unlikely to speak up
- Unlikely to streak
- Unlikely to strike up a conversation
- Unlikely to thrive in group settings
- Unready to mingle
- Timid Ani DiFranco song?
- Timid
- Tending to shrink
- Self-conscious
- Self-effacing
- Socially challenged?
- Socially challenged
- Socially reserved
- Socially self-conscious
Possibly Related Crossword Answers
Based on the clues listed above, we also found some answers that are possibly similar or related to SHY:
- COY
- DEMURE
- DIFFIDENT
- MEEK
- SHEEPFACED
- SHEEPISH
- TIMID
- ASOCIAL
- COY
- MEEK
- MODEST
- SKITTERY
- SKITTISH
- TIMID
- TIMOROUS
- TIMID
- SKITTISH
- LACKING
- POOR
- SCANT
- WANTING
- COY
- MODEST
- PRIM
- SEDATE
- TIMID
- STAID
- COY
- UNSURE
- TIMID
- COWED
- TIMID
- COY
- ASOCIAL
- ICY
- TIMID
- CYNICAL
- LEERY
- WARY
- SUSPICIOUS
- ARCH
- CUTESY
- DEMURE
- ROGUISH
- BLENCH
- COWER
- CRINGE
- RECOIL
- START
- WINCE
- CRINGE
- CWER
- EBB
- FLINCH
- RECEDE
- RECOIL
- RESILE
- RETRACT
- RETREAT
- DRAB
- MEEK
- TIMID
- DUE
- INARREARS
- INDEBT
- INDEBTTO
- INHOCK
- INTHEHOLE
- INTHERED
- AAMED
- ABASHED
- ASHAMED
- MEEK
- OVINE
- RUEFUL
- TIMID
- TIMID
- ALLAY
- APPEASE
- ASSUAGE
- ATPEACE
- BECALM
- CALM
- EASE
- EASEFUL
- HUSH
- HUSHED
- LULL
- MUM
- MUTE
- MUTED
- NOISELESS
- REPOSEFUL
- RESTFUL
- RETICENT
- SEDATE
- SERENE
- SETTLE
- SHUSH
- SILENCE
- SILENT
- SUBDUED
- SOFTEN
- SOFTSPOKEN
- UNEVENTFUL
- STILL
- STILLNESS
- TACITURN
- ONEACT
- OWING
- ALMOST
- BELOW
- NEEDING
- HARDUP
- ALOOF
- ASOCIAL
- DISTANT
- LONE
- REMOTE
- RETRACTED
- REVOKED
- SHUTIN
- UNSOCIAL
- TIMID
- ABBREVIATEDFILM
- ABRUPT
- BRIEF
- BRUSQUE
- CIRCUITPROBLEM
- CONCISE
- CURT
- LIKESOMEVOWELS
- OWING
- SCARCE
- STRAPPEDFORCASH
- SMALL
- SNAPPY
- TERSE
- TESTY
- DIFFIDENT
- TIMID
- ABSENT
- BAREOF
- DEFICIENT
- DEVOID
- FREEOF
- INADEQUATE
- INNEED
- INWANTOF
- LESS
- MINUS
- NEEDED
- NEEDY
- OUTOF
- SANS
- SHORT
- SHORTOF
- WITHOUT
- VOIDOF
- HUMBLE
- LOWLY
- MILD
- MODEST
- MOUSY
- PASSIVE
- SHEEPISH
- TIMID
- SUBMISSIVE
- RAMP
- ASOCIAL
- EREMITIC
- HERMITIC
- LONE
- BACKAWAY
- BACKLASH
- CRINGE
- DRAWAWAY
- KICK
- KICKBACK
- REBOUND
- SHRINK
- SPRINGBACK
- WINCE
- ALOOF
- BOOKED
- BOTTLEDUP
- COY
- DEMURE
- INDRAWN
- INWARD
- KEPT
- ONICE
- PRIM
- RETICENT
- RETIRING
- SEDATE
- SELFCONTAINED
- SETASIDE
- TAKEN
- WITHDRAWN
- SPOKENFOR
- STAID
- UNDEMONSTRATIVE
- TACITURN
- AIRY
- BUOYANT
- EHEREAL
- ENKINDLE
- ETHEREAL
- FAINT
- FAIR
- FLARE
- FLUFFY
- GLIM
- HURRICANELAMP
- IGNITE
- ILLUME
- ILLUMINATE
- ILLUMINATION
- KINDLE
- LAMP
- LAND
- NEON
- PALE
- PANE
- PERCH
- PORTABLE
- SETABLAZE
- SETAFIRE
- SETONFIRE
- STROBE
- TORCH
- LONER
- ALOOF
- CLOSE
- CLOSEMOUTHED
- CONSTRAINED
- LOATH
- RESERVED
- TIGHTLIPPED
- UNCOMMUNICATIVE
- TACITURN
- BACKWARD
- COY
- DEMURE
- MODEST
- TIMID
- MEEK
- TIMID
- ONTHERUN
- TURNINGBACK
- CAGEY
- COY
- EVASIVE
- MEEK
- COY
- MEEK
- TIMID
- CAGY
- CLOSED
- EVASIVE
- SECRETIVE
- SHUT
- SLY
- DATELESS
- TIMID
- ONETOOFEW
- SHORT
- DESIRING
- FOR
- HAVINGAYENFOR
- INADEQUATE
- INFERIOR
- INNEED
- INNEEDOF
- NEEDY
- POOR
- SANS
- STRAPPED
- ANALYST
- CER
- CONDENSE
- CONTRACT
- COWER
- CRINGE
- DECREASE
- DOWNSIZE
- DWINDLE
- EBB
- FORESHORTEN
- LESSEN
- PSYCH
- PSYCHOTHERAPIST
- RECEDE
- RECOIL
- THERAPIST
- WINCE
- MEEK
- TIMID
- ALERT
- CAGEY
- CAUTIOUS
- CHARY
- GUARDED
- GUNSHY
- LEERY
- ONGUARD
- ONTHEALERT
- VIGILANT
- SHORT
- DIFFIDENT
- MEEK
- TIMID
- HUMBLE
- MEEK
- MODEST
- EDGY
- FLIGHTY
- JUMPY
- ONEDGE
- TIMID
- SPOOKY
- MOUSY
- BASHFUL
- COY
- FAINT
- FAINTHEARTED
- MEEK
- MOUSEY
- MOUSY
- NERVOUS
- PAVID
- PUSILLANIMOUS
- RETIRING
- SCARY
- TIMOROUS
- WEAKKNEED
- UNHEROIC
- TREPID
- HUMBLE
- MEEK
- MODEST
- RETICENT
- NERDY
Recent Usage of SHY in Crossword Puzzles
Here are all of the places we know of that have used SHY in their crossword puzzles:
- USA Today - Nov. 19, 2020
- Evening Standard - Oct. 22, 2020
- Universal Crossword - Oct. 15, 2020
- Penny Dell - Oct. 11, 2020
- Universal Crossword - Sept. 21, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - Sept. 9, 2020
- Universal Crossword - Sept. 4, 2020
- USA Today - Sept. 3, 2020
- Newsday - July 24, 2020
- Penny Dell - July 22, 2020
- WSJ Daily - July 21, 2020
- Canadiana Crossword - July 20, 2020
- New York Times - July 7, 2020
- New York Times - June 13, 2020
- Penny Dell - June 11, 2020
- LA Times - May 26, 2020
- Newsday - May 24, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - May 21, 2020
- Penny Dell - May 19, 2020
- WSJ Daily - May 13, 2020
