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cat-shy

cat-shy adjective: reluctant or resistant to handle cats or be in their presence.

Adjective

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

  1. (rare) Reluctant or resistant to handle cats or be in their presence.

Forms of cat-shy

comparativemore cat-shy
superlativemost cat-shy

Questions about cat-shy

What does cat-shy mean?
Cat-shy means reluctant or resistant to handle cats or be in their presence.
What part of speech is cat-shy?
Cat-shy is an adjective.

Words near cat-shy in the dictionary

  1. cat-rigged
  2. cat-salt
  3. cat-sat
  4. cat-scratch disease
  5. cat-scratch fever
  6. cat-shy
  7. cat-sit
  8. cat-sits
  9. cat-sitting
  10. cat-stick
  11. cat-sticks

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