demure
21demure — Synonyms and related words: Quakerish, Victorian, backward, bashful, censorious, close, confused, conscious, coy, decent, decorous, diffident, earnest, formal, frowning, grave, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, hidebound, inarticulate, long faced,… …
22demure — de·mure || dɪ mjÊŠÉ™ adj. calm, serious; modest, shy …
23demure — [dɪ mjʊə, dɪ mjɔ:] adjective (demurer, demurest) (of a woman) reserved, modest, and shy. Derivatives demurely adverb demureness noun Origin ME: perh. from OFr. demoure, past participle of demourer (see …
24demure — a. 1. Affectedly modest, prudish, overmodest, putting on shyness or coyness. 2. Sober, sedate, grave, modest, coy, downcast …
25demure — adjective a word meaning quiet, serious, and always behaving well, used especially about women in former times demurely adverb: She lowered her eyes demurely. demureness noun (U) …
26demure — adj 1. shy, meek, modest, reserved, retiring, diffident, bashful, coy; reticent, taciturn, quiet; timid, timorous, fearful, shrinking, like a shrinking violet, blushing. 2. undemonstrative, impassive, indifferent; unpre sumptuous, introverted,… …
27demure — de·mure …
28demure — adjective Syn: modest, reserved, shy, unassuming, decorous, decent, proper Ant: brazen …
29demure — de•mure [[t]dɪˈmyʊər[/t]] adj. mur•er, mur•est 1) characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved 2) affectedly or coyly decorous or sedate • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME dem(e) ur(e) well mannered, grave de•mure′ly, adv. de•mure′ness, n. syn: See… …
30demure — /dəˈmjuə / (say duh myoohuh), / ˈmjʊə/ (say myoouh) adjective (demurer, demurest) 1. affectedly or unnaturally modest, decorous, or prim. 2. sober; serious; sedate; decorous. {Middle English, from Old French meur grave, ripe, from Latin mātūrus… …
