English - Turkish
Definition of coy in English Turkish dictionary
- çekingen
- cilveli
- nazlı
- utangaç
- cilve
- coyness mahcubiyet
- {s} çekingen, utangaç, mahcup
- mahcubâne
- çekingenlik
- coyly cilveli olarak
- utangaç/nazlı
- (Bilgisayar) isteksiz
- coyness
- nazlılık
- coyness
- naz
- coyness
- çekingenlik
- coyness
- mahcubiyet
- coyness
- cilve
- coyly
- cilveli bir şekilde
- coyly
- mahçup bir biçimde
- coyly
- çekingen bir halde
- coyly
- nazlı bir şekilde
- coyness
- {i} utangaçlık
- the real mc.coy
- gerçeği
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English - English
Definition of coy in English English dictionary
- bashful, shy
- To calm or soothe
- Pretending shyness or modesty
- Soft, gentle, hesitating
- Quiet, reserved, modest
- To caress, pet; to coax, entice
- Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish
- {v} to behave with reserve
- {a} 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
- affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- To caress with the hand; to stroke
- If someone is being coy, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about. Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit coy about his ambitions. = reticent + coyly coy·ly The administration coyly refused to put a firm figure on the war's costs
- To coax, entice
- coyly
- {a} with reserve, shily, modestly, chastely
- coyness
- {n} reserve, shiness, modesty, chasteness
- coyer
- comparative of coy
- coyest
- superlative of coy
- coyly
- in a coy manner; "she pouted and looked at him coyly
- coyly
- in a coy manner; "she pouted and looked at him coyly"
- coyly
- modestly, demurely; shyly; flirtatiously
- coyly
- in a coy manner
- coyly
- In a coy manner; with reserve
- coyness
- {i} shyness, bashfulness; flirtatiousness
- coyness
- the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
- coyness
- The quality of being coy; feigned or bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve
- coyness
- The property of being coy
Related Terms
coy
Turkish pronunciation
koySynonyms
backward, bashful, blushing, coquettish, demure, diffident, evasive, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, overmodest, prudish, rabbity, reserved, retiringPronunciation
/ˈkoi/ /ˈkɔɪ/
Etymology
[ 'koi ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Old French coi, earlier quiet, still, from Latin quietus (“resting, at rest”)Resimler
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