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shrinking violets

shrinking violets is the plural of shrinking violet.

Meaning of shrinking violet

Noun

shrinking violet (plural shrinking violets)

  1. (idiomatic) A very shy or timid person, who avoids contact with others if possible.
    • June, no shrinking violet she, crossed the room and introduced herself to the newcomers.
    Synonyms:
    shy person

Questions about shrinking violets

What is shrinking violets the plural of?
Shrinking violets is the plural of shrinking violet.

Words near shrinking violets in the dictionary

  1. shrinking down
  2. shrinking frog
  3. shrinking frogs
  4. shrinking up
  5. shrinking violet
  6. shrinking violets
  7. shrinkingly
  8. shrinkings
  9. shrinkproof
  10. shrinkproofness
  11. shrinks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrinking violets (page history and authors); shrinking violet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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