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looked shy

looked shy is the simple past and past participle of look shy.

Meaning of look shy

Verb

look shy (third-person singular simple present looks shy, present participle looking shy, simple past and past participle looked shy)

  1. To cast a suspicious glance on or at somebody; to mistrust.
    • The very Courtiers looked shy at it.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

Questions about looked shy

What is looked shy the simple past and past participle of?
Looked shy is the simple past and past participle of look shy.

Words near looked shy in the dictionary

  1. looked over
  2. looked over one's shoulder
  3. looked past
  4. looked right through
  5. looked round
  6. looked shy
  7. looked snappy
  8. looked the other way
  9. looked the part
  10. looked through
  11. looked to

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