coquetry
Collocations
2VERB + COQUETRY
allow
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
With a lover […] her sensibility will naturally lead her to endeavour to excite emotion, not to gratify her vanity, but her heart. This I do not allow to be coquetry, it is the artless impulse of nature […]
An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done.
The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- flirt
- flirting
- flirtation
- dalliance
- toying
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4With a lover […] her sensibility will naturally lead her to endeavour to excite emotion, not to gratify her vanity, but her heart. This I do not allow to be coquetry, it is the artless impulse of natu
WiktionaryThe little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done.
WiktionaryThe mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him.
WiktionaryThere were grace, seduction, mystery, and coquetry in her face and in all her movements.
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