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coxcomb, n. dandy, jack-a-dandy, fop, dude, beau, spark, popinjay; blade, Chiefly Brit, blood, buck, jackanapes, whippersnapper; Fr. petit maitre. Beau Brummel, macaroni, Archaic, princox; exquisite, Sl. peacock, prinker, preener, show-off; fashion plate, male clotheshorse, silk-stocking, Brit. Inf. toff, snob.
coy, adj. 1. shy, modest, demure, prudish, Ar
chaic. verecund; meek, submissive, tame, gentle, unassuming, unpretentious; bashful, diffident, retiring, reserved, demurring; self-conscious, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, embarrassed; constrained, reluctant, hesitant, backward, skittish; unconfident, unsure, timid, timorous; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf. introverted, quiet, unsocial, unsociable.
2. coquettish, flirtatious, flirty, philandering, playing hard-to-get.
cozen, v. cheat, deceive, beguile, inveigle; doublecross, play one false, dupe, Sl. take [s.o.] for a ride; take advantage of, Inf. have [s.o.] eating out of one's hand, Inf. wrap [s.o.] around one's little finger. See - cheat (defs. 3, 4).
cozenage, n. deception, deceit, trickery; hoaxing, deluding, fooling, hoodwinking; swindling, fraudulen-cy, misrepresentation, chichanery, pettifoggery, Inf. hocus-pocus, Inf. hanky-panky; double-dealing, circumvention, bluffing, feinting, Inf. pulling the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes, guile, wile, imposition; victimization, treachery, knavery, duplicity, machination, artful dodging.
cozy, adj. 1. snug, warm, comfortable, homelike, Inf. homey; easy, relaxing, cheerful; sheltered, ensconced, Inf. snug as a bug in a rug, Inf. comfy, Inf. comfy-cozy.
2. (usually as a result of dishonesty) expedient, convenient, beneficial, advantageous, profitable; gratifying, self-serving, of mutual benefit.
crabbed, adj. 1. grouchy, ill-natured, ill-humored, cross, peevish, splenetic, cantankerous, crotchety, crusty; irritable, touchy, testy, out of sorts; bitter, sour, caustic, churlish, snappish, waspish, surly, acrimonious; petulant, sulky, sullen, morose.
2. perverse, contrary, obstinate, stubborn; captious, sarcastic, contumelious, virulent; growling, snarling, harsh.
3. intricate, obscure, hard to understand, trying, difficult, confusing, cryptic, Inf. clear as mud.
4. illegible, scribbled, undecipherable, hieroglyphi-cal; squeezed, cramped, labored.
crabbedness, n. grouchiness, ill nature, ill humor, peevishness, spleen, gruffness; irritability, crotcheti-ness, Inf. crabbiness; bitterness, churlishness, snappishness, surliness, acrimoniousness; petulance, moodiness, sullenness, moroseness; acerbity, asperity, acrimony, harshness.
crabby, adj. grouchy, irritable, ill-humored. See - crabbed (def. 1).
crack, v. 1. snap, pop, clap, go bang; boom, crash, clash, explode, thunder, detonate, fulminate.
2. break, crackle, craze, chap; fracture, fragmentize, chip, break off, splinter, shiver, shatter, smash, burst; break or snap in two, split, cleave, sunder, sever, rend, reave, disjoint; damage, impair, Sl. bust, Sl. total.
3. succumb, fall to, yield, give way, lose ground, go downhill; collapse, topple, break down, come apart at the seams, go to pieces, let go, Sl. lose one's cool, Sl. crack up; founder, fail, die out, Sl. conk out, Sl. go kaput.
4. move, touch, stir, upset, break [s.o.] up, shake [s.o.] up, get to.
5. strike, hit, slap, smack, thwack, Inf. whack, Inf. clip, Dial, hit up side the head; knock, thump, box, buffet, punch, jab, cuff.
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