Usually means: Timid person avoiding attention or notice.
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  1. shrinking violet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shrinking violet: Merriam-Webster
  3. shrinking violet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shrinking violet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shrinking violet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shrinking violet: Vocabulary.com
  7. shrinking violet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. shrinking violet: Wiktionary
  9. shrinking violet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. shrinking violet: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. shrinking violet: Dictionary.com
  12. Shrinking Violet (album), Shrinking Violet (comics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. shrinking violet: Rhymezone
  14. shrinking violet: FreeDictionary.org
  15. shrinking violet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. shrinking violet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shrinking violet: Idioms

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  1. shrinking violet: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrinking violet)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A very shy or timid person, who avoids contact with others if possible.

Similar:
shy person, taciturnist, shy bladder, love-shy, quietist, silentiary, seclusive, wallflower, tight lips, coward, more...

Types:
introverted, shy, timid, reserved, reticent, bashful, diffident, self-conscious, more...

Adjectives:
coy, shy, sely, low, headly, lowly, brutal, slight, verecund, brusque, hardball

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Similar:
shy person, taciturnist, shy bladder, love-shy, quietist, silentiary, seclusive, wallflower, tight lips, coward, more...

Types:
introverted, shy, timid, reserved, reticent, bashful, diffident, self-conscious, more...

Adjectives:
coy, shy, sely, low, headly, lowly, brutal, slight, verecund, brusque, hardball



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