English-Thai Dictionary

coy

ADJ ขี้อาย  shy bashful ke-ai

 

coy

ADJ ซึ่ง หลบเลี่ยง  ที่ พยายาม บอกปัด  evasive sueng-lob-liang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COY

a.Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity. Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy.

 

COY

v.i. 1. To behave with reserve; to be silent or distant; to refrain from speech or free intercourse.
2. To make difficulty; to be backward or unwilling; not freely to condescend.
3. To smooth or stroke.

 

COY

for decoy, to allure. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COY

Coy (koi ), a. Etym: [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr. L.quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet, Quit, Quite. ]

 

1. Quiet; still. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry. Coy, and difficult to win. Cowper. Coy and furtive graces. W. Irving. Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. Goldsmith.

 

3. Soft; gentle; hesitating. Enforced hate, Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward; distant.

 

COY

Coy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coyed (koid ); p. pr. & vb. n. Coying.]

 

1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs. ] A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets. Bp. Rainbow.

 

2. To caress with the hand; to stroke. Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. Shak.

 

COY

COY Coy, v. i.

 

1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity. [Obs. ] Thus to coy it, With one who knows you too! Rowe.

 

2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs. ] If he coyed To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

coy

coy |koi kɔɪ | ▶adjective ( coyer, coyest ) (esp. with reference to a woman ) making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring: she treated him to a coy smile of invitation. • reluctant to give details, esp. about something regarded as sensitive: he is coy about his age. • dated quiet and reserved; shy. DERIVATIVES coy ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus (see quiet ). The original sense was ‘quiet, still ’ (esp. in behavior ), later ‘modestly retiring, ’ and hence (of a woman ) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances. ’

 

Coy

Coy |kɔɪ | ▶abbreviation chiefly Military Company.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Coy

Coy |kɔɪ | ▶abbreviation chiefly Military Company.

 

coy

coy |kɔɪ | ▶adjective ( coyer, coyest ) 1 (especially with reference to a woman ) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring: she treated him to a coy smile of invitation. 2 reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive: he is coy about his age. DERIVATIVES coyly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French coi, quei, from Latin quietus (see quiet ). The original sense was ‘quiet, still ’ (especially in behaviour ), later ‘modestly retiring ’, and hence (of a woman ) ‘affecting to be unresponsive to advances ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

coy

coy adjective her coy demeanor is just an act: arch, simpering, coquettish, flirtatious, kittenish; demure, shy, modest, bashful, reticent, diffident, self-effacing, shrinking, timid. ANTONYMS brazen.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

coy

coy adjective she treated him to a coy smile of invitation: arch, simpering, coquettish, flirtatious, kittenish, skittish; shy, modest, bashful, reticent, diffident, retiring, backward, self-effacing, shrinking, withdrawn, timid, demure. ANTONYMS brazen.

 

Spanish Dictionary

coy

coy nombre masculino Trozo de lona colgado de sus cuatro puntas que sirve de cama en un barco .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

coy

coy /kɔɪ /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠1 〈主に女性が 〉 (恋愛 性などについて )はにかんだ, 恥ずかしそうなふりをして, かまととぶった .2 «…について » 隠し立てをする, 秘密主義の «about » .c ó y ly 副詞 恥ずかしそうに ; 隠し立てをして .c ó y ness 名詞 U はにかみ ; 秘密主義 .