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as in bashfulness
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as in humility
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shyness
Noun
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During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn until sunset as a sign of humility, submission to God and sympathy for the poor and hungry.—
Imad Isseid and Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025 -
Through humility and perseverance, the company hit its stride and laid the foundations for what was to come.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As a further embarrassment, our country voted alongside such paragons of liberty as Belarus and North Korea in voting against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s aggression.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
5 Mar. 2025
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This is not a tell-all memoir, nor does Merkel waste any time on introspection, beyond admitting to a few small, personal embarrassments.—
The Know,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
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Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.—
Raphael Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Nov. 2014
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But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2024
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In the article Culpo makes a few comments about the modesty of her Dolce & Gabbana dress that rub some readers the wrong way, and the situation spirals into a full-on controversy.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
10 Mar. 2025
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Is Aspen’s conspicuous wealth worse than Jackson Hole’s false modesty?—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 Dec. 2024
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With Natalie Kalmus out of the picture, swatches of Technicolor lost all inhibitions.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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For spring 2025, Mrs. Prada and Raf Simons basically urged everyone to release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin!—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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The findings highlight that a richer social environment during rearing—one that includes contact with mothers and other cows—promotes greater sociability and social competence in adult cattle.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Kin selection and reciprocal altruism are two natural modes of human sociability.—
Francis Fukuyama,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2014
Noun
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The big picture: Trump's friendliness toward Putin isn't a new phenomenon.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2024
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Nov. 2024
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“Shyness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shyness. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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