love-shy

adjective

Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.

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Meanings

adjectivelove-shy (comparative love-shier or love-shyer, superlative love-shiest or love-shyest)

comparative love-shier · comparative love-shyer · superlative love-shiest · superlative love-shyest · alternative loveshy

  1. Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.
nounlove-shy (plural love-shys)

plural love-shys · alternative loveshy

  1. rareA person, especially a man, who is ineffectual at courtship.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blue-ballercockblockeeincelundatableunfuckable

Origin

From love + shy. Attributed to late sociologist Brian G. Gilmartin.

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APA

love-shy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love-shy

MLA

“love-shy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love-shy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “love-shy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love-shy.

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