ALL meanings of shyer
shy
S s - adjective shyer bashful; retiring. 1
- adjective shyer easily frightened away; timid. 1
- adjective shyer suspicious; distrustful: I am a bit shy of that sort of person. 1
- adjective shyer reluctant; wary. 1
- adjective shyer deficient: shy of funds. 1
- adjective shyer scant; short of a full amount or number: still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet. 1
- adjective shyer (in poker) indebted to the pot. 1
- adjective shyer not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals. 1
- verb without object shyer (especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear. 1
- verb without object shyer to draw back; recoil. 1
- noun plural shyer a sudden start aside, as in fear. 1
- idioms shyer fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid: She fought shy of making the final decision. 1
- noun shyer a horse having a tendency to shy. 1