kittenish

ˈkit-nish
as in coquettish
affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest she couldn't see the point in being kittenish about it and decided to just ask him out

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Recent Examples of kittenish Seductively kittenish, Gardner lives up to her profane reputation. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023 Madelyn Cline went full-on Old Hollywood bombshell, kittenish liner, polished lengths, and all. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2023 There was much talk of the kittens, their kittenish ways. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022 To this day, she’s drawn to the bruise of blue that belies the kittenish blush, the tension between the girl next door and the demimondaine, who are not so far apart, who may even be one. Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for kittenish
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Adjective
  • These delicate velvet bows are slightly understated; pin them to the tree in lieu of ornaments for a charming coquettish vibe or have the two join forces for maximum drama.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Nab this charming bag, which comes in all sorts of coquettish florals and prints that flawlessly fit the aesthetic.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Witherspoon plays it a bit more coy.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But the film plays so coy with its backstory, offering it in dribs and drabs, that its initial emotional tension soon turns vaporous and phony.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Kittenish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kittenish. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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