- Types Of Speech
- You can use coy as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Coy
- A 1 syllables adjective satellite and 3 letters with the letters c, o, and y, 2 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter o. Coy starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, and the ending characters are y, oy, ..
- Definition
- Modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Coy is set as a grade one word that starts with c, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 3 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is coy a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Coy in Pig Latin is said as "oycay or oycway".
- Unigram
- c | o | y
- Bigram
- co | oy
- Trigram
- coy
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures;
"like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled" - showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement;
"a politician coy about his intentions" - affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amative | inclined toward or displaying love "feeling amorous" |
| Amatory | |
| Amorous | inclined toward or displaying love "feeling amorous" |
| Arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Bashful | disposed to avoid notice "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren''t bashful about letting anybody know it" (`blate'' is a Scottish term for bashful) |
| Becoming | displaying or setting off to best advantage "a becoming new shade of rose" "a becoming portrait" |
| Blackguardly | lacking principles or scruples "the rascally rabble" "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" |
| Blate | cry plaintively "The lambs were bleating" |
| Capricious | |
| Caressing | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Coy
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coy | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled" |
View English words with the unique letters used in coy. Words With The Letters Coy
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Coy | Yes | No |
| Mccoy | No | No |
| Coye | No | No |
| Coyla | No | No |
| Coyt | No | No |
View All Names For Coy
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Timid | people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozy (4 letters) | 18 +10 | 18 +10 | cozy | ||
| Coy (3 letters) | 8 | 8 | coy |
Coy Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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