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looking shy

looking shy is the present participle and gerund 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 looking shy

What is looking shy the present participle and gerund of?
Looking shy is the present participle and gerund of look shy.

Words near looking shy in the dictionary

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

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