coyness
81timidity — n. 1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage, timidness. 2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness …
82reserve — I. v. a. 1. Keep, hold, retain, husband, set by, lay by, lay up, store up, withhold. 2. Except, make an exception of. II. n. 1. Reservation, something reserved. 2. Constraint, restraint, backwardness, cautious behavior, coldness, closeness,… …
83coy — adjective 1 pretending to be shy in order to attract interest, or to avoid dealing with something difficult: She gave him a coy smile. 2 unwilling to give information about something (+ about): Tania was always coy about her age. coyly adverb… …
84shyness — noun Gerald s shyness was often mistaken for disinterest Syn: bashfulness, diffidence, sheepishness, reserve, reservedness, introversion, reticence, timidity, timidness, timorousness, mousiness, lack of confidence, self consciousness,… …
85bashfulness — n shyness, diffidence, timidity, hesita tion, timorousness; modesty, reserve, demureness, coyness, unobtrusiveness; embarrassment, sheepishness, constraint, self consciousness …
86diffidence — n timidity, timorousness, apprehension, faint heartedness, diffidentness; bashfulness, shyness, abashment, coyness, demureness; embarrassment, sheepishness; lack of self confidence, insecurity, reluctance, hesitancy, doubtfulness, backwardness;… …
87modesty — n 1. self effacement, humbleness, humility, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness, unostenta tiousness, unassumingness, unboastfulness, unambi tiousness; reticence, reticency, constraint, subduedness; reserve, retirement, retiring disposition,… …
88prudery — n coyness, overmodesty; priggishness, puritanicalness. See also priggishness(def. 1) …
89self-consciousness — n self awareness, diffidence, shyness, bashfulness, abashment, modesty, coyness, demureness, backwardness; timorousness, timidity, fearfulness, apprehension; insecurity, lack of self confidence, hesitancy, reluctance, constraint; reserve,… …
90shyness — n diffidence, self consciousness, timidity, timorousness, hesitation, constraint; embarrassment, abashment, discomfort, uneasiness; modesty, reserve, demureness, coyness …
