About The Word Demure
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Demure
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What's The Definition Of Demure?
[adj] affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
Synonyms | Synonyms for Demure: coy | modest | overmodest Related Terms | Find terms related to Demure: backward | bashful | censorious | close | confused | conscious | coy | decent | decorous | diffident | earnest | formal | frowning | grave | grim | grim-faced | grim-visaged | hidebound | inarticulate | long-faced | mid-Victorian | modest | mousy | narrow | nice | old-maidish | overmodest | priggish | prim | proper | prudish | puritanical | Quakerish | reserved | reticent | retiring | sanctimonious | sedate | seemly | self-conscious | serious | shamefaced | shamefast | shy | silent | skittish | smug | sober | sober-minded | sobersided | solemn | somber | staid | stammering | stiff-necked | stone-faced | straight-faced | straitlaced | stuffy | thoughtful | timid | timorous | unassertive | unassured | unsmiling | Victorian | weighty See Also | Demure In Webster's Dictionary \De*mure"\, a. [Perh. from OF. de murs (i. e., de bonnes
murs of good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F.
m?urs, fr. L. mores (sing. mos) manners, morals (see
{Moral}); or more prob. fr. OF. me["u]r, F. m[^u]r mature,
ripe (see {Mature}) in a phrase preceded by de, as de m[^u]re
conduite of mature conduct.]
1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in
bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Sober, steadfast, and demure. --Milton.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and
that delight showed itself in her face and in her
clear bright eyes. --W. Black.
2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of
gravity.
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had
been neither life nor soul in her. --L'Estrange.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and
coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her
head. --Miss
Mitford.
\De*mure"\, v. i. To look demurely. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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