shy

Adjective

• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
  • shy of strangers
    

• short
  • eleven is one shy of a dozen
    

• lacking self-confidence
  • stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
    
  • problems that call for bold not timid responses
    
  • a very unsure young man
    

Noun

• a quick throw
  • he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
    

Verb

• throw quickly

• start suddenly, as from fright

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  shy(p) , diffident , timid , unsure