shrinking violet

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1.
USUKwidespreadneutralinformal
- A person who is extremely shy, retiring, or lacking in assertiveness.
2.
USUKwidespreadinformalcolloquial
- Used in negative constructions to indicate that someone is not timid; emphatic denial that a person is meek or retiring (as in 'no shrinking violet').

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