coltish
adjective
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Definition of coltish
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Synonyms & Antonyms for coltish
Synonyms
antic, elfish, fay, frisky, frolicsome, larky, playful, rollicking, sportful, sportive
Antonyms
earnest, serious-minded, sober, sobersided
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Examples of coltish in a Sentence
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Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through. — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, "Gay shopkeeper stands his ground in a Central Valley town, carving out space for others," 20 Aug. 2019 Such is the case with our guest, the McLaren 600LT Spider ($306,000, as tested), the open-air version of the British speed shopās coltish club racer. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "2020 McLaren 600LT Spider: The āAttainableā Supercar," 1 Mar. 2019 Harrison Coll, a corps dancer who made his debut as Romeo on Tuesday, is endearingly impulsive and coltish. — Alastair Macaulay, New York Times, "Review: āRomeo + Juliet,ā a Movielike Ballet in Need of Better Direction," 14 Feb. 2018 On a bare-bones stage with the moodiest of lighting, her band little more than silhouettes, Lorde gestured and danced with a coltish awkwardness that contrasted with the maturity in her big, confident yet confiding voice. — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, "Lorde injects pop songs with anxiety at Allstate Arena," 28 Mar. 2018 Willie Wise, the son of a Souderton obstetrician, was a coltish 15-year-old in the middle of a growth spurt. — Craig R. Mccoy / Staff Writer, Philly.com, "Horror on the mountain," 12 July 2017 The two Jones families find plenty of occasions to interact, resulting in some mild flirting between Jennifer and her new neighbor John and perhaps something more carnal between the coltish Pony and the lumbering Bob. — Robert W. Butler, kansascity.com, "āThe Realistic Jonesesā is a carefully choreographed word play," 28 May 2017 But one of my early Kentucky teachers saw something in my high-energy, coltish physicality that, in his eyes, made me good Balanchine material. — Wendy Whelan, New York Times, "Wendy Whelan: The First Time I Danced a Balanchine Ballet (the Day He Died)," 23 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coltish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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