as in kittenish
affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest
an 18th-century painting of a coquettish maiden dallying with a young moonstruck gallant
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coquettish
Adjective
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Madelyn Cline went full-on Old Hollywood bombshell, kittenish liner, polished lengths, and all.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2023 -
With a basis of flawless skin—smoothing and hydration offered via Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer and Eye Cream—Phillips pulled a thick wing of black liner along Jenner's lids, a diminutive wing beneath the lower lashline providing a kittenish complement.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2021
Adjective
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Even if jobs were created, EV advocates are coy about how many of those jobs would benefit existing autoworkers.—
Ashley Nunes,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2025
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Samsung is being coy about what exactly is being launched, but the company started the teaser trailers this week.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Each intro, accompanied by a flirtatious video close-up on the enormous screens stretched across the stage, only made the shrieking louder (if such a thing is possible).—
Chad Jones,
Mercury News,
29 May 2025
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Karen Read maintained a lengthy flirtatious text message relationship with a friend of the boyfriend she is accused of murdering in the weeks prior to his death.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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The 78th edition of the festival will commence tomorrow, and it's set to be a more demure red carpet, something which could spell Quelle Horreur for A-listers and the fash-pack, with the likes of Bella Hadid having donned the barely-there gown on the Cannes red carpet in past years.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Official portraits projected her as a modern iteration of 19th-century royal mothers—soft, demure, virginal.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
10 May 2025
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“Coquettish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquettish. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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