love-shy

English

Alternative forms

loveshy

Etymology

love +‎ shy

Adjective

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

Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse; incel

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:incel

Noun

love-shy (plural love-shies)

(very rare) A person, especially a man, who is ineffectual at courtship.

See also

love-shyness

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