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noun ADJ. natural | extreme, intense, paralysing VERB + SHYNESS be overcome with, have, suffer from He was suddenly overcome with shyness. | forget, get over, lose, overcome She had to work very hard to overcome her paralysing shyness. She completely forgot her shyness in her fascination with what he was saying. | cure SHYNESS + VERB disappear, vanish
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