coquetting

NOUN

frivolity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility shallowness sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

dallying fribble

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

NOUN

lovemaking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intercourse kissing mating sexual intercourse

STRONG

coition coitus copulation courting courtship cuddling dalliance fondling foreplay hugging intimacy screwing smooching snuggling

WEAK

carnal knowledge fooling around sexual relations sucking face

Example Sentences

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Coquetting with four suitors was not only inconsistent; it was unbecoming.

From The Flirt by Tarkington, Booth