CURTSY Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

curtsy

noun

Definition of curtsy

as in bow

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Recent Examples of curtsy And how to execute the perfect curtsy? — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026 The formal obligation to bow or curtsy will force targets to bend a knee and break eye contact—a perfect opening for the President to place something distracting like a Twix bar on their heads. — Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, New Yorker, 9 June 2026 In a video taken at the King’s Gallery by Daily Mail reporter Rebecca English, Chatto and King Charles are seen greeting each other with a double cheek kiss, before Sarah dips into a curtsy for her cousin. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Apr. 2026 In that case, her biggest obstacle would be the humbling curtsy that would be required of her. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curtsy

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Noun

Adding Waller feels like a shot across the bow at the Panthers’ younger tight ends in particular.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
According to court documents, Manuel Hernandez, the tour boat captain, made a U-turn and a swell swamped the bow, capsizing the boat with 14 people on board.

— Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of bow

Noun

Behind the swing of their big hips lay paper trails of obeisance.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
But as wrong-headed as the Court’s obeisance to the executive branch has been (see, for example, its 2024 ruling on Presidential immunity), that deference has its limits.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of obeisance

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For an additional pop of color, Cardi wore her hair in an icy blue bob that was parted to the side and curled under at the ends.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
To avoid the long straight lines around your face that are often part of a bob cut, add face framing to break up the lines and create movement, Jones says.

— Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

Definition of bob

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Namely, the playing of the Dam Busters theme tune ahead of kick-off as a nod to how the nearby RAF Scampton was the base during the Second World War of 617 Squadron, as immortalised in the 1955 film of the same name.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Saint Laurent gave the fashion nod of approval by dressing Hailey Bieber in a butter-yellow iteration paired with an orange nylon windbreaker for its spring-summer 2026 catwalk show.

— Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2026

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