çekingen, utangaç, mahcup

Turkish - English

Definition of çekingen, utangaç, mahcup in Turkish English dictionary

{s} coy

bashful, shy

To calm or soothe

Pretending shyness or modesty

Soft, gentle, hesitating

Quiet, reserved, modest

Quiet; still

To allure; to entice; to decoy

Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry

To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity

showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; "a politician coy about his intentions"

A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted

To make difficulty; to be unwilling

To clam or soothe

Soft; gentle; hesitating

A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex. She is modest without being coy + coyly coy·ly She smiled coyly at Algie as he took her hand and raised it to his lips

modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"

modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled" showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement; "a politician coy about his intentions" affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

{s} shy, bashful; modest; coquettish, flirtatious

reluctant to give details about something sensitive

Hyphenation

çe·kin·gen, u·tan·gaç, mah·cup