shyness

simple noun14 collocationsAvg. frequency: 5.7

describes shyness that is part of someone's personality

describes shyness felt at the beginning of a social situation

to feel a very strong and sudden sense of shyness

to hide one's shyness from others

to completely remove shyness, often as if it were an illness

to possess the quality of being shy (less common than 'be shy')

used to describe the feeling of shyness going away