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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a feeling of fear of embarrassment; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shyness \Shy"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being shy. [Written also shiness.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly
         important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy
         soul.                                    --Baxter.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See
        Bashfulness.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shyness
    n 1: a feeling of fear of embarrassment