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coy

/kɔɪ/

US pronunciation
American sound/kɔɪ/
coy
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

US voice -> coy

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ရှက်သော။ ရှက်ဟန်ဆောင်သော။

Full entry

coy /kↄÇ/ adj (-er, -est ) (usu derog )

၁။ ရှက်ဟန်ဆောင်သော။ မူပိုသော။ မူသော။
a coy smile ❍ Don't be so coy about your achievements.
၂။ မဖြေလိုသော။ ပြောရန်ခက်သော။ He was a little coy when asked where the money had come from. ❍ Officials are coy about the details.
❏ coyly adv ရှက်ကိုးရှက်ကန်း။ They giggled coyly. ❍ a sack-like dress that coyly hinted at pregnancy. coyness n [U]

More examples
  • [coy about] : Tim is being very coy about his new job.
  • Kate gave him a coy look.
  • She laughed, rather coyly.
Synonyms
shy, bashful, timid, modest, reserved, demure, backward, blushing, coquettish, diffident, evasive, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, overmodest, prudish, rabbity, retiring, self-effacing, shrinking, skittish, unassertive, very modest
Antonyms
aggressive, brazen, forward, immodest, impudent, unshy
Cross references
shybashfultimidmodestreserveddemurebackwardblushingcoquettishdiffidentevasiveflirtatioushumblekittenishovermodestprudishrabbityretiringself-effacingshrinkingskittishunassertivevery modestaggressivebrazenforwardimmodestimpudent
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