coyness
/ˈkɔɪnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1(Especially in a woman) the quality of feigning shyness or modesty in an attempt to seem alluring.The customary number with children from the audience goes without gush or embarrassing coyness....
- In the subsequent intervals the females continually respond with near optimal coyness.
- Elizabeth was not so easy to give in to such coyness.
Synonyms
archness, simpering, coquettishness, flirtatiousness, kittenishness, skittishness;
shyness, modesty, bashfulness, reticence, diffidence, self-effacement, timidity, demureness
2The quality of being reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive; reticence: his coyness about his sexual orientation...
- From its impenetrable title to the insular instrumental segues between the real songs, the man's second record risks coyness at every turn.
- Stewart gestured crossing his heart and sealing his lips and laughed heartily at his master's coyness.
- Stage fright masks itself as a domineering style, or as coyness, egoism, or pride.
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