Word "COY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
Synonyms:
demure, overmodest

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
Examples:
like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
Examples:
a politician coy about his intentions

Crossword Clues for COY

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Clue Source Date
Shy The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Sep 2025
Shy (3) Mirror Classic 17 Sep 2025
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 15 Sep 2025
Playfully shy Thomas Joseph 11 Sep 2025
Flirtatiously 8 Across The Telegraph Mini 09 Sep 2025
Playfully shy Universal 07 Sep 2025
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Artfully shy The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Aug 2025
Shy company an MP drops out of
Playfully shy
Pretending shyness or modesty (3) Mirror Classic 02 Jul 2025
Playfully shy Commuter 14 Jun 2025
Playfully shy Commuter 04 Jun 2025
Playfully shy Universal 19 May 2025
Irritatingly reticent (3)
Shy, in a flirty way
Playfully evasive Family Time 28 Apr 2025
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy
Flirtatiously shy
Simpering (3) Puzzler 08 Mar 2025
Affectedly demure Mirror Tea Time 06 Mar 2025
Shy in a cutesy way Universal 06 Mar 2025
Copy a letter out, being backward (3)
Demure Eugene Sheffer 14 Feb 2025
Affectedly bashful (3)
Playfully shy
Reluctant to reveal something Newsday 23 Jan 2025
Affectedly modest (3) Puzzler 10 Jan 2025
Being bashful, little company for a soldier (3)
"To His ___ Mistress"
Playfully shy (rhymes with "toy")
Falsely shy
Playfully shy Family Time 11 Nov 2024
Retiring from the company by the end of July (3)
Playfully shy USA Today 26 Oct 2024
Affectedly shy Puzzler Backwords 22 Oct 2024
Not forthcoming USA Today 20 Sep 2024
Playfully shy
Bashful Corey about to leave (3)
Affectedly demure Mirror Tea Time 15 Aug 2024
Cleverly shy Newsday 07 Aug 2024
Demure, reserved The Times Concise 15 Jul 2024
Bashful The Telegraph Quick 28 Jun 2024
Retiring from a contracted company (3)
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 24 Jun 2024
Playfully shy Thomas Joseph 18 Jun 2024
Demure copy of 'No Parking' (3)
Shy Mirror Classic 22 May 2024
Shy, in a flirty way
Retiring to copy a piece of poetry out (3)
Flirtatiously shy
Is shy of company at the end of the day (3)
Like one playing hard to get
Retiring to copy the piano part out (3)
Guarded bait off Danube's banks (3)
Playfully shy
Flirtatiously shy
Shy Mirror Classic 27 Mar 2024
Flirtatiously shy
Answering evasively, perhaps
Shy, modest
Not forward New York Times 02 Mar 2024
Playfully shy Universal 24 Feb 2024
Cowboy's demure exterior (3)
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy
Playfully shy and comely without wee Melanie (3)
Playfully shy Universal 30 Oct 2023
Demure LA Times Daily 23 Sep 2023
Coquettish Thomas Joseph 23 Sep 2023
Playfully secretive Newsday 20 Sep 2023
Playfully shy
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy USA Today 03 Jul 2023
Affectedly shy New York Times 28 May 2023
Pretend-shy USA Today 04 May 2023
Demurely evasive LA Times Daily 03 May 2023
Artfully shy LA Times Daily 02 May 2023
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2023
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Slyly shy Universal 24 Mar 2023
Pretending to be shy (rhymes with "boy")
Not exactly outgoing Family Time 26 Feb 2023
Playfully evasive Newsday 22 Jan 2023
Shy Canadiana 16 Jan 2023
Playfully shy
Shy Family Time 26 Dec 2022
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 24 Dec 2022
Playfully shy Newsday 30 Nov 2022
Playfully shy
Flirtatious, in a way Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2022
Playfully shy
Artfully evasive New York Times 11 Oct 2022
Playfully shy Thomas Joseph 05 Oct 2022
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 12 Sep 2022
Unforthcoming USA Today 02 Sep 2022
Playfully shy LA Times Daily 22 Aug 2022
Slyly shy Newsday 18 Aug 2022
Affectedly modest The Guardian Quick 01 Aug 2022
Pretending to be shy
Playfully evasive Newsday 28 Jun 2022
Not forthcoming USA Today 21 Jun 2022
Unforthcoming USA Today 19 Jun 2022
Playfully shy USA Today 15 Jun 2022
Shy Canadiana 06 Jun 2022
Unforthcoming USA Today 04 Jun 2022
Teasingly shy
Playfully shy Thomas Joseph 13 May 2022
Playfully modest
Playfully shy
Demure Thomas Joseph 25 Apr 2022
Affectively evasive Newsday 08 Apr 2022
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 06 Apr 2022
Playfully shy
Shy in a flirty way
Playfully shy Universal 19 Feb 2022
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
“You don’t need to be ___, Roy” (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) New York Times 27 Dec 2021
Modest business year The Times Cryptic 30 Nov 2021
Demure Eugene Sheffer 13 Nov 2021
Acting all shy and whatnot Family Time 24 Oct 2021
Playfully shy Universal 04 Oct 2021
Flirtily bashful, say
Shy in a playful way Family Time 15 Aug 2021
Slyly shy Wall Street Journal 31 Jul 2021
Reluctant to share USA Today 20 Jul 2021
Playfully shy
Affectedly shy Universal 28 May 2021
Playfully bashful Thomas Joseph 19 May 2021
Shy The Telegraph Quick 26 Apr 2021
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
American company playing hard to get The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2021
Affectedly shy The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2021
Coquettish Eugene Sheffer 16 Mar 2021
Pretending shyness The Times Concise 11 Feb 2021
Playfully shy
Pretending modesty The Times Concise 13 Jan 2021
Playfully shy LA Times Daily 12 Jan 2021
Playfully shy The Washington Post 12 Jan 2021
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Overly shy
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy
Demure Canadiana 26 Oct 2020
Flirtatiously shy The Washington Post 16 Oct 2020
Flirtatiously shy LA Times Daily 16 Oct 2020
Opposite of brazen Family Time 27 Sep 2020
Playfully shy Thomas Joseph 24 Sep 2020
Far from forward Wall Street Journal 10 Sep 2020
Playfully shy Premier Sunday 30 Aug 2020
Playfully shy
Reluctant to give details USA Today 20 Aug 2020
Affectedly innocent Wall Street Journal 30 Jul 2020
Playing hard to get in Pimlico yesterday The Sun Two Speed 18 Jul 2020
Reluctant to commit Universal 04 Jul 2020
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully shy
Playfully shy Newsday 01 Jun 2020
Alluringly shy Premier Sunday 17 May 2020
Cutely shy Premier Sunday 10 May 2020
Far from forthcoming Universal 23 Apr 2020
Reluctant to give details New York Times 03 Apr 2020
Not forthcoming USA Today 18 Mar 2020
Evasive Canadiana 16 Mar 2020
Like one playing hard to get The New Yorker 16 Mar 2020
Shy type limps out of Olympics Irish Times Crosaire 07 Mar 2020
Playing hard to get
Affectedly demure The Washington Post Sunday 01 Mar 2020
Less than forthcoming
Coquettish Thomas Joseph 13 Nov 2019
Shrinking firm close to bankruptcy
Slyly hesitant Newsday 29 Sep 2019
Playfully shy
Demure Thomas Joseph 12 Sep 2019
Playfully shy
Coquettish LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2019
Coquettish The Washington Post 30 Jul 2019
Reluctant to give details Universal 23 Jul 2019
Modest The Telegraph Quick 13 Jul 2019
Evasive firm, untrustworthy ultimately
Playfully shy (Rhymes with "boy")
Overly modest Family Time 17 Jun 2019
Playfully shy Universal 10 Jun 2019
Playfully shy
Overly modest Jonesin 14 May 2019
Playing hard to get
Feigning modesty Wall Street Journal 25 Apr 2019
Coquettish or playful
Coquettish Universal 12 Apr 2019
Using faux shyness The Washington Post Sunday 31 Mar 2019
Playing hard to get Universal 22 Mar 2019
Shy, in a flirty way USA Today 17 Mar 2019
Shy, in a flirtatious way
Coquettish
Coquettish
Playing hard to get
Reluctant to give details
Shy, in a flirty way
Feigning modesty
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Flirtatiously shy
Playfully noncommittal Family Time 31 Dec 2018
Coquet-tish Eugene Sheffer 06 Dec 2018
Playfully shy, like a kitten
Playfully shy Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2018
Playing hard to get, say New York Times 30 Oct 2018
Artfully shy The Washington Post 28 Oct 2018
Artfully shy LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2018
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Playfully modest The Washington Post Sunday 12 Aug 2018
Slyly shy Family Time 02 Jul 2018
Coquettish The Guardian Speedy 26 May 2018
Demure Eugene Sheffer 08 May 2018
Playfully shy Family Time 06 May 2018
Coquettishly playful New York Times 05 Mar 2018
Playing shy
Shy Canadiana 26 Feb 2018
Demure Wall Street Journal 17 Feb 2018
Bashful Universal 13 Feb 2018
Appealingly shy Canadiana 12 Feb 2018
Kittenish Thomas Joseph 06 Feb 2018
Hardly fresh New York Times 19 Jan 2018
Artfully shy
Bashful
Playing hard to get, say
Hardly fresh
Coquettishly playful
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Less than forthcoming Newsday 27 Aug 2017
Bashful The Times Concise 20 Aug 2017
Playfully shy (Rhymes with "boy")
Far from brazen Universal 04 Apr 2017
Playfully modest Universal 24 Mar 2017
Not as shy as one might think New York Times 18 Feb 2017
Playing hard-to-get Universal 24 Jan 2017
Playing hard-to-get
Playfully modest
Not as shy as one might think
Playfully obtuse, maybe New York Times 28 Dec 2016
Evasive New York Times 27 Nov 2016
Seductively shy Canadiana 14 Nov 2016
Reluctant to give details Newsday 23 Oct 2016
Kittenish New York Times 22 Oct 2016
Playing hard-to-get USA Today 26 Aug 2016
Playfully evasive Family Time 14 Aug 2016
Dissembling Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2016
Playfully shy USA Today 24 Jun 2016
Affectedly modest or shy Irish Times Simplex 11 Jun 2016
Flirtatious Universal 15 Feb 2016
Playing hard to get LA Times Daily 09 Jan 2016
Playfully obtuse, maybe
Flirtatious
Kittenish
Playfully shy
Playing hard to get
Playing hard-to-get
Evasive
Slyly shy Eugene Sheffer 29 Dec 2015
Shy, but flirty Eugene Sheffer 19 Dec 2015
Like the comment 'Maybe, maybe not' New York Times 13 Dec 2015
Giving evasive answers New York Times 06 Dec 2015
Shy, but maybe not? USA Today 24 Sep 2015
Coquettish USA Today 24 Jul 2015
Demure lure of French is absent The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jun 2015
Like one saying "Moi?" LA Times Daily 17 May 2015
Military team in brief not forthcoming The Times Cryptic 22 Apr 2015
Shy, but maybe not?
Giving evasive answers
Like the comment "Maybe, maybe not"
Shy
Like one saying "Moi?"
Flirtatiously shy
Coquettish
Playfully modest
Artfully shy
Playing hard to get
Shy crony, oddly
Demure
Playfully shy
Playfully shy
Unforthcoming
Playfully noncommittal
Coquettish
Coquettish
Kittenish
Hardly candid
Demure
Playfully shy
Coquettish
Affectedly evasive
Affectedly secretive
Playfully shy
Far from forward
Quaintly shy
Like a coquette
Flirtatiously shy
Hardly forward
Coquettish
Affectedly shy
Like one saying "Who, little old me?"
Coquettish
Less than forthright
Playfully noncommittal
Not forthcoming
Bashful
Hardly candid
Affectedly shy
Playfully noncommittal
Retiring
Playfully noncommittal
Demure
Demure
Shy
Bashful
Coquettish
Less than forthcoming
Slyly hesitant
Affectedly modest
Opposite of brazen
Far from forward
Playfully evasive
Flirtatiously shy
Demure
"To His ___ Mistress" (17th-century poem)
Flirtatiously unforthcoming
Slyly shy
Affectedly demure
Slyly hesitant
Slyly shy
Devious, in a way
Slyly shy
Affectedly modest
Quite obviously dissembling
Devious, in a way
Overmodest
Coquettish
Kittenish
Kittenish
Coquettish
Demure
Modest
Insincerely reluctant to make a decision
Flirtatious
Coquettish
Playfully evasive
Flirtatious
Slyly reticent
Artfully shy
Affectedly demure
Playfully retiring
Reluctant to elucidate
Opposite of brazen
Playing hard to get
Demure
Far from forward
Demure
Overly modest
Affectedly shy
Overmodest
Playing hard to get
Reluctant
Overly shy
Affectedly modest
Playing hard to get
Hard to pin down
Provocatively playful
Affectedly modest
Playfully modest
Affectedly modest
Like a shrinking violet
Demure
Evasive
Affectedly shy
Shy
Shy, in a flirtatious way
Secretive
Like Marvell's mistress
Modest business year
Playfully demure
Like a shrinking violet
Demure
Cutesy
Flirtatious
Shy
Diffident
Not forthright
Hardly candid
Coquettish
Like a coquette
Not exactly outgoing
Bashful
Shy, but maybe not?
Bashful
Slyly reticent
Flirtatious
Artfully shy
Playfully noncommittal
Holding back, in a way
Not 100% open
Reserved
Like Marvell's mistress
Arch
Affectedly shy
Shrinking modestly
Affectedly devious
Demure
Bashful
Playfully innocent
Flirty.
Demure.
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