10 Letter Words for Coyishness
coyishness
9 Letter Words for Coyishness
hyoscines
8 Letter Words for Coyishness
cessions, hyoscine
7 Letter Words for Coyishness
cession, conessi, cosines, cosshen, cossies, coyness, essoins, oscines, osseins, schesis, session, shiness, shyness, sissone, sycones, sycoses, sycosis, synesis
6 Letter Words for Coyishness
cessio, cheson, chines, chinos, chinse, choise, chosen, choses, cohens, coisns, coneys, coseys, coshes, cosine, cosins, cosses, cossie, coyish, cyesis, enosis, eosins, essoin, hisses, hoises, honeys, hoseys, hosses, hyenic, hysons, icones, inches, inshoe, iscose, niches, nisses, noesis, noises, noshes, nosies, oscine, ossein, schone, scions, scones, sencio, shines, socies, sonces, sonics, sonses, sonsie
5 Letter Words for Coyishness
chess, chien, chine, chino, chins, chios, chons, chose, cines, cions, cohen, coins, coiny, cones, consy, cosen, coses, cosey, cosie, cosin, cosse, enoch, ensis, eosin, eshin, hiney, hissy, hoise, hones, honey, hosen, hoses, hosey, hsien, hyens, hyson, iches, icons, ishes, niche, nisse, nohes, noise, noisy, noses, noyes, oches, onces, oscin, scion, scone, scyes, secno, secos, senso, shice, shies, shine, shins, shiny, shisn, shoes, shone, sices, siens, since, sines, sinhs, sises, sison, sissy, snies, snyes, sonce, soncy, sones, sonic, sonse, sonsy, sosie, syces, sycon, syens, syncs, synes, sysin, yechs, yesso, yince, yonic, yonis
4 Letter Words for Coyishness
cens, cess, chen, chin, chis, chon, choy, cine, cion, coes, coin, cone, coni, cons, cony, cose, cosh, coss, coyn, coys, cyon, echo, econ, ency, eons, hens, heys, hics, hies, hine, hins, hisn, hiss, hoes, hoey, hoin, hone, hons, hose, hoss, hoys, hyen, hyes, hyne, ices, icho, ichs, icon, inch, iocs, ions, isos, nesh, ness, nice, nies, noes, nose, nosh, nosy, noys, nsec, nyes, oche, ochs, oeci, once, ones, oses, osse, oyes, scho, scsi, scye, sech, seco, secs, secy, seis, sens, sess, seys, shes, shin, shoe, sice, sich, sics, sien, sine, sinh, sins, sion, sise, sish, siss, snye, soce, socs, sone, sons, sosh, soss, soys, syce, syen, syes, sync, syne, ycie, yech, yeni, yens, yeso, yins, yoni
3 Letter Words for Coyishness
cen, ceo, che, chi, chn, cho, chs, cie, cis, cns, con, cos, coy, csi, ech, eco, ehs, enc, ens, eon, eos, esc, ess, eyn, hei, hen, heo, hes, hey, hic, hie, hin, his, hny, hoc, hoe, hoi, hon, hos, hoy, hye, ice, ich, icy, ihs, inc, ins, ion, ios, ise, ish, isn, iso, iyo, nco, nei, neo, nie, nis, noh, nos, noy, nye, nys, och, oes, ohs, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ony, ose, osi, oye, oys, sch, sci, sec, sei, sen, sey, she, shi, sho, shy, sic, sie, sin, sis, sny, soc, son, soy, sse, ssh, sye, syn, yeh, yen, yeo, yes, yin, yis, yoe, yoi, yon, yos
Definitions for Coyishness
[1] artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
[2] shy; modest.
[3] showing reluctance, especially when insincere or affected, to reveal one's plans or opinions, make a commitment, or take a stand: The mayor was coy about his future political aspirations.
[4] Archaic . disdainful; aloof.
[5] Obsolete . quiet; reserved.
[6] Archaic . to act in a coy manner.
[7] to quiet; soothe.
[8] to pat; caress.
[9] (usually of a woman) affectedly demure, esp in a playful or provocative manner
[10] shy; modest
[11] evasive, esp in an annoying way
Words related to Coyishness
coyself-effacing, timid, bashful, skittish, evasive, backward, blushing, demure, diffident, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, prudish, reserved, retiring, shrinking, shy, coquettish, rabbity, unassertive
Words nearby Coyishness
coycoxsackie encephalitis, coxsackie virus, coxsackievirus, coxswain, coxwell chair, coy, coy., coydog, coyote, coyote state, coyotillo
Origin of Coyishness
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French coi, quoy calm, Old French quei < Vulgar Latin *quētus, for Latin quiētus quiet1
Other words from Coyishness
coy·ish , adjective
coy·ish·ness , noun
coy·ly , adverb
coy·ness , noun
o·ver·coy , adjective
o·ver·coy·ly , adverb
o·ver·coy·ness , noun
un·coy , adjective
un·coy·ly , adverb
un·coy·ness , noun
Word origin for Coyishness
C14: from Old French coi reserved, from Latin quiētus quiet
Synonyms for Coyishness
frolicsomeness, liveliness, peppiness, spiritedness, sportiveness, waggishness, coltishness, coquettishness, kittenishness
