Collocations for shyness - noun
ADJ.
natural | extreme, intense, paralysing
VERB + SHYNESS
be overcome with, have, suffer from
He was suddenly overcome with shyness.
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.
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