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looks shy

looks shy is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 looks shy

What is looks shy the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Looks shy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look shy.

Words near looks shy in the dictionary

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

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