adjective
Synonyms: shy 1, bashful, coy, demure, modest, retiring, self-effacing, timid, unassertive, unassured
Related Word: blenching, flinching, shrinking; hesitant, reluctant
Contrasted words: assured, presumptuous, sanguine, sure; self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, self-reliant; brazen, impudent, shameless
Antonyms: confident