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1 вид скромницы
General subject: coyness -
2 жеманство
1) General subject: (too many) airs and graces, Victorian manners, affectation, affected manners, air, chi-chi, chichi, coyness, namby pamby, namby-pamby, primness, prudery, prunes and prism, show-off2) French: minauderie3) Obsolete: nicety4) Makarov: affected airs, airs and graces, too many airs and graces -
3 застенчивость
1) General subject: coyness, diffidence, humbleness, humility, self consciousness, self-consciousness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, sheepish manner2) Obsolete: nicety3) Psychology: bashfulness, modesty4) Jargon: run-around, the jitters -
4 напускная скромность
General subject: demureness, demurity, prudery, coynessУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > напускная скромность
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5 претензия на скромность
General subject: coynessУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > претензия на скромность
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6 робость
1) General subject: cowardice, diffidence, humbleness, intimidation, nervousness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, tremulousness, Irresoluteness, coyness, sheepish manner2) Psychology: bashfulness -
7 скромность
1) General subject: bashfulness, chasteness, chastity, coyness, demureness, demurity, homeliness, humbleness, humility, lowliness, modesty, pudency, pudicity, simplicity, frugality, unobtrusiveness2) Aviation medicine: diffidence -
8 стыдливость
General subject: bashfulness, blush (spare somebody's blushes - щадить чью-либо скромность, стыдливость), pudency, shamefacedness, coyness -
9 скромность
См. также в других словарях:
Coyness — Coy ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned o? bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. [1913 Webster] When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again. Dryden. Syn: Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coyness — coy ► ADJECTIVE (coyer, coyest) 1) pretending shyness or modesty. 2) reluctant to give details about something sensitive: he s coy about his age. DERIVATIVES coyly adverb coyness noun. ORIGIN Old French coi, from Latin … English terms dictionary
coyness — noun see coy I … New Collegiate Dictionary
coyness — See coyly. * * * … Universalium
coyness — noun The property of being coy … Wiktionary
coyness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An awkwardness or lack of self confidence in the presence of others: backwardness, bashfulness, retiringness, shyness, timidity, timidness. See RESTRAINT … English dictionary for students
coyness — coy·ness || kɔɪnɪs n. shyness, bashfulness; flirtatiousness … English contemporary dictionary
coyness — coy·ness … English syllables
coyness — noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑demureness • Derivationally related forms: ↑demure (for: ↑demureness), ↑coy • Hyper … Useful english dictionary
coy — [[t]kɔ͟ɪ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex. She is modest without being coy... I was sickened by the way Carol charmed all the men by turning coy. Syn: demure Derived words: coyly ADV GRADED ADV… … English dictionary
shyness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bashfulness, reserve, timidity, modesty, timorousness, timidness, coyness, demureness, sheepishness, diffidence, apprehension, backwardness, nervousness, insecurity, reticence, stage fright, mike fright*; see also restraint … English dictionary for students