He's coy about his income.
Source: tatoeba (286655)
Coy
//kɔɪ//
Synonyms for "coy" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
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Related words (23)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- дискретен adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- мълчалив adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- свенлив adj (bashful, shy)
- сдържан adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 矜持 adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
Czech
4 entries- diskrétní adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- mlčenlivý adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- nesmělý adj (bashful, shy)
- ostýchavý adj (bashful, shy)
Dutch
4 entries- bedeesd adj (bashful, shy)
- bedeesd adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- bescheiden adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- bescheiden adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
Finnish
4 entries- hellä adj (soft, gentle, hesitating)
- hiljainen adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- häveliäs adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- häveliäs adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
French
2 entries- coi adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- timide adj (bashful, shy)
Galician
3 entries- coqueto adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- tímido adj (bashful, shy)
- túzaro adj (bashful, shy)
Georgian
3 entries- თავშეკავებული adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- მორიდებული adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- მორცხვი adj (bashful, shy)
German
4 entries- diskret adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- keusch adj (bashful, shy)
- kokett adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- prüde adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
Hungarian
4 entries- félénk adj (bashful, shy)
- szemérmes adj (bashful, shy)
- szégyenlős adj (bashful, shy)
- tartózkodó adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
Italian
3 entries- modesto adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- schivo adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
- timido adj (bashful, shy)
Korean
1 entries- 내숭 adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
Portuguese
1 entries- reservado adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
Russian
4 entries- засте́нчивый adj (bashful, shy)
- мягкий adj (soft, gentle, hesitating)
- нежный adj (soft, gentle, hesitating)
- ро́бкий adj (bashful, shy)
Spanish
4 entries- discreto adj (reluctant to give details about something sensitive)
- fingidamente tímido adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- gazmoñero adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- gazmoño adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
Turkish
4 entries- cilveli adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- işveli adj (pretending shyness or modesty)
- mahcup adj (bashful, shy)
- mahcup adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
Walloon
1 entries- coe adj (archaic: quiet, reserved, modest)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
She is coy with everyone.
Source: tatoeba (315741)
Don't play coy with me.
Source: tatoeba (2220477)
Don't be coy.
Source: tatoeba (2245297)
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