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coyness
coy C0711800 (koi)adj. coy·er, coy·est 1. a. Affectedly and often flirtatiously shy or modest: "I pictured myself as some sylvan deity, and she a coy wood nymph of whom I was in pursuit" (Washington Irving).b. Characterized by or suggesting such shyness or modesty: "How absurd I must have looked standing there before him ... a coy little simper on my foolish young face" (Jane Avrich).2. Unwilling to make a commitment or divulge information: "As a child, when I asked my mother her age she was coy and evasive" (Lynne Sharon Schwartz).3. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved: "The children were staring up at him, too coy to question him and too curious not to stare" (Edwidge Danticat).
[Middle English, from Old French quei, coi, quiet, still, from Vulgar Latin *quētus, from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere, to rest; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots.]
coy′ly adv.coy′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | coyness - the affectation of being demure in a provocative waydemurenessaffectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) |
coynessnoun shyness, reserve, modesty, timidity, affectation, diffidence, prudery, evasiveness, prudishness, bashfulness, skittishness, primness, archness, prissiness (informal), coquettishness, demureness She discusses sexual matters without a trace of coyness.Quotations
"Had we but world enough, and time"
"This coyness, lady, were no crime" [Andrew Marvell To his Coy Mistress]coynessnounAn awkwardness or lack of self-confidence in the presence of others:backwardness, bashfulness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness.Translationscoy (koi) adjective (pretending to be) shy. She gave her brother's friend a coy smile. 靦腆的 怕羞的，腼腆的 ˈcoyly adverb 靦腆地 害羞地，羞怯地 ˈcoyness noun 靦腆 怕羞，腼腆 coyness
Synonyms for coynessnoun shynessSynonyms- shyness
- reserve
- modesty
- timidity
- affectation
- diffidence
- prudery
- evasiveness
- prudishness
- bashfulness
- skittishness
- primness
- archness
- prissiness
- coquettishness
- demureness
Synonyms for coynessnoun an awkwardness or lack of self-confidence in the presence of othersSynonyms- backwardness
- bashfulness
- retiringness
- shyness
- timidity
- timidness
Synonyms for coynessnoun the affectation of being demure in a provocative waySynonymsRelated Words |