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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shyness \Shy"ness\, noun The quality or state of being shy. [Written also {shiness}.]
Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul. --Baxter.
Syn: Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See {Bashfulness}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shyness
noun: a feeling of fear of embarrassment
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "shyness": afraidness, bashfulness, boggle, boggling, compunction, confusion, coyness, demur, demureness, demurity, demurral, diffidence, embarrassment, falter, faltering, fearfulness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jumpiness, modesty, mousiness, objection, pause, protest, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness, recoil, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, self-consciousness, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shrinking, shrinkingness, skittishness, stage fright, stagefright, stammering, startlishness, stickling, timidity, timidness, timorousness
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