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camera-shy

camera-shy adjective: reluctant or resisting to be photographed.

Adjective

camera-shy (comparative more camera-shy, superlative most camera-shy)

  1. Reluctant or resisting to be photographed.
    • Off to Essex, where Geoff Hutton brings our attention to our latest station cat.
      "Gidea Park Station on the TfL Shenfield line also has a cat, although she is a bit camera shy," he says. "Apparently she lives in a neighbouring house, but spends much of her time at the station - usually, as...2019 November 6, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 79, caption

Forms of camera-shy

comparativemore camera-shy
superlativemost camera-shy

Questions about camera-shy

What does camera-shy mean?
Camera-shy means reluctant or resisting to be photographed.
What part of speech is camera-shy?
Camera-shy is an adjective.

Words near camera-shy in the dictionary

  1. camera-like
  2. camera-man
  3. Camera-Marugo-Cohen syndrome
  4. camera-men
  5. camera-ready
  6. camera-shy
  7. camera-worker
  8. camera-workers
  9. camerade
  10. camerades
  11. camerae

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