Difference between Timid and Shy

TIMID vs SHY: NOUN

Lacking in courage or confidence.
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Contemptibly timid
Fearful and hesitant.
Lacking self-confidence; shy.
Lacking self-confidence
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Showing fear and lack of confidence

Distrustful; wary.
Characterized by reserve or diffidence.
Tending to avoid contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved.
Easily startled; timid.
Lacking self-confidence
Easily startled or frightened
Embarrassed.
Short, insufficient or less than.
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
See under Fight, v. i.
Not having a sufficient or specified amount, as of money.
Inadequately supplied; short; lacking.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Easily frightened; timid.
Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
Owing money to the pot; -- in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot.

To move suddenly or draw back, as if startled or afraid.
To avoid engaging in, treating, or discussing something.
To throw (something) with a swift motion; fling.
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

To throw a missile; specifically, to jerk.
To throw off; toss or send out at random.
To fling; throw; jerk; toss.
To avoid; shun (a person).
To shrink or start back or aside, as in sudden fear: said specifically of a horse.
Synonyms Diffident, shamefaced. See bashfulness.
Scant. The wind is said to be shy when it will barely allow a vessel to sail on her course.
Hence, in general, to lack; be short of: as, to be shy four dollars.
Keen; piercing; bold; sharp.
Morally circumspect; scrupulous.
Elusive; hard to find, get at, obtain, or accomplish.
Cautious; wary; careful: commonly followed by of or about.
Keeping away from some person or thing through timidity or caution; fearful of approaching; disposed to avoid: followed by of.
Shrinking from familiarity or self-assertive-ness; sensitively timid; retiring; bashful; coy.
Readily frightened away; easily startled; skittish; timid.
Sly; sharp; cunning.
Wary and distrustful
Start suddenly, as from fright
Short

Fainthearted, Coy, Unmanly, Trepid, Cowardly, Intimidated, Shy, Mousey, Mousy, Fearful, Cautious, Bashful, Unconfident, Timorous, Diffident

Fearful, Skittish, Coy, Cautious, Hesitant, Scared, Reticent, Insufficient, Bashful, Deficient, Unsure, Unconfident, Diffident, Wary, Timid

Fainthearted, Coy, Unmanly, Trepid, Cowardly, Intimidated, Shy, Mousey, Mousy, Fearful, Cautious, Bashful, Unconfident, Timorous, Diffident

Fearful, Skittish, Coy, Cautious, Hesitant, Scared, Reticent, Insufficient, Bashful, Deficient, Unsure, Unconfident, Diffident, Wary, Timid

Not for the kiddies or timid Aunt Min.
Timid, submissive body language will undermine your message.
Now is not the time to be timid.
The children in our schools are never timid.
Its usually towards slightly smaller more timid dogs.
Zack is timid and lacks confidence in his.
Timid or sensitive children have less to fear.
Even its defenders mustered only a timid defense.
Beneath his cool, reticent, almost timid personality, Mr.
Here is the complete Intel Hex listing for the TIMID virus Here is the assembly language listing for the TIMID virus (TIMID.

Are you shy or outgoing, in the bedroom?
Do not be shy about asking for letters.
Evil Monkey Because He Tends To Be Shy.
This one is not for the shy girl!
Feeling shy or silly about it in general?
We do not shy away from hazardous operations.
Fen SHY, Tandhavanant S, Phunpang R, et al.
Springtrap x shy reader Springtrap x shy reader.
Some members of the Shy Guy race, like the White Shy Guy, actually are friends of the protagonists.
Several Shy Guys from Shy Guy Land invite the Number Yoshis to their sleepover.