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coyness
| Main Entry: |
coyness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, kittenishness, modesty, reserve, retiringness, sheepishness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
| Synonyms: | aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | shyness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bashfulness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | backwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, hesitancy, reluctance, reticence, timidness |
| Main Entry: | demureness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | coyness, humbleness, humility, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, shyness |
| Main Entry: | humbleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, lowliness, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-efface |
| Main Entry: | lowliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | retiringness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | self-effacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
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