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shuttle v. commute, alternate: He shuttles daily between London and
Paris.
shy adj. 1 diffident, coy, bashful, retiring, withdrawn,
withdrawing, reserved, timid, meek, modest, sheepish,
unconfident, self-conscious, introverted, nervous, apprehensive,
timorous, Rare verecund: Casey is quite shy and you have to
draw him out gently. 2 timorous, cautious, wary, chary, leery,
guarded, afraid, fearful, frightened, anxious, worried,
suspicious, distrustful, cowardly, craven, uncourageous: The
local people are shy of anyone or anything unfamiliar. 3
missing, lacking, deficient in, short of: The shipment is shy a
few dozen shoelaces we ordered.
--adv. 4 fight shy of. avoid, be unwilling or reluctant or
averse or loath or loth or disinclined or not disposed; be wary
or cautious or watchful: The children fight shy of talking to
strangers.
19.5 sick...
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sick adj. 1 Chiefly Brit nauseated, queasy, sick to one's stomach,
squeamish, qualmish; seasick, carsick, airsick, Colloq green
around the gills: Patrick felt a bit sick after the rough ferry
crossing. 2 ill, unwell, unhealthy, sickly, indisposed, infirm,
ailing, diseased, afflicted, Colloq under the weather, on the
sick-list, poorly, laid up, not (feeling) up to snuff: If you
feel sick, you'd best see a doctor. I've been sick for a week. 3
affected, troubled, stricken, heartsick, wretched, miserable,
burdened, weighed down: I was sick with worry to learn of the
problems you have been having with your business. 4 mad, crazy,
insane, deranged, disturbed, neurotic, unbalanced,
psychoneurotic, psychotic, Colloq mental, US off ((one's) rocker
or trolley): Anyone who could have committed such a crime must
be sick. 5 peculiar, unconventional, strange, weird, odd,
bizarre, grotesque, macabre, shocking, ghoulish, morbid,
gruesome, stomach-turning, sadistic, masochistic,
sado-masochistic, Colloq kinky, bent, far-out, US off: In 30
years as a policeman, I've seen some sick things, but this is
the end. 6 sickened, shocked, put out, upset, appalled,