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coyness
noun
(coy-ness)
the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
Synonyms:
demureness
,
Words Related to
coyness
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demureness
,
maidenly
,
bashfulness
,
reticence
,
diffidence
,
coquetry
,
naivety
,
naivete
,
timidity
,
nonchalance
,
girlishness
,
modesty
,
facetiousness
,
sheepishness
,
cheekiness
,
bravado
,
awkwardness
,
insouciance
,
playfulness
,
aloofness
,
pompousness
,
perkiness
,
earnestness
,
brashness
,
sexiness
,
shamelessness
,
prudery
,
ambivalence
,
disingenuousness
,
pomposity
,
inarticulateness
,
slyness
,
hauteur
,
articulateness
,
ruefulness
,
sauciness
,
chirpiness
,
candor
,
guilelessness
,
flightiness
,
unusualness
,
haughtiness
,
imperiousness
,
glibness
,
puerility
,
cynicism
,
knowingness
,
boastfulness
,
affectations
,
clownishness
,
sassiness
,
dubiousness
,
cluelessness
,
juvenility
,
steeliness
,
grandiloquence
,
inscrutability
,
contrariness
,
edginess
,
boldness
,
suavity
,
politesse
,
amiability
,
peevishness
,
volubility
,
strangeness
,
bubbliness
,
solicitousness
,
audaciousness
,
kinkiness
,
silliness
,
deviousness
,
impetuousness
,
sleaziness
,
provocativeness
,
prickliness
,
wryness
,
quirkiness
,
smarm
,
showiness
,
breeziness
,
pushiness
,
candidness
,
uninterest
,
crassness
,
ambitiousness
,
coolness
,
eccentricity
,
affability
,
salaciousness
,
triteness
,
ambiguousness
,
agreeability
,
hastiness
,
wiliness
,
flamboyance
,
dilettantism
,
brassiness
,
stubbornness
,
youthfulness
,
coyness
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