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adj - cautious

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cautious wary hesitant suspicious reticent distrustful chary

adj - lacking self-confidence

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unsure diffident timid

adj - not enough to meet a demand or requirement

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deficient inadequate insufficient scarce short under wanting

adj - not forward but reticent or reserved in manner

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backward bashful coy demure diffident modest retiring self-effacing timid

adj - short

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colloquialism insufficient deficient

adj - timid

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timid self-conscious bashful reserved retiring nervous modest shrinking backward coy reticent self-effacing diffident mousy

adj - wary and distrustful

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noun - a quick throw

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noun - an act of throwing

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cast fling heave hurl launch pitch sling throw toss

phrase - fight shy of something

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avoid dodge duck (out of)eschew shirk

phrase - shy away from something

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shrink from flinch from fight shy of baulk at think twice about recoil from be averse to have misgivings about

verb - recoil

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recoil flinch draw back start rear buck wince swerve balk quail take fright

verb - start suddenly, as from fright

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jump startle start

verb - throw quickly

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verb - to draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust

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blench cringe flinch quail recoil shrink start wince

verb - to send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm

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cast dart dash fling heave hurl hurtle launch pitch shoot sling throw toss fire

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