Dictionary Entry
coy
coy is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Quiet; still. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Quiet; still.
- 2adjective
Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
- 3adjective
Soft; gentle; hesitating.
- 4transitive verb
To allure; to entice; to decoy.
- 5transitive verb
To caress with the hand; to stroke.
- 6intransitive verb
To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
- 7intransitive verb
To make difficulty; to be unwilling.
- 8adjective
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
"like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
- 9adjective
showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
"a politician coy about his intentions"
- 10adjective
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
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