demure

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

demurer

Superlative

demurest

1.
(chiefly of a woman) Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
She is a demure young lady.
Đồng nghĩa: retiring, shy, sober, austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, solemn, solemncholy, sober, somber, sombre, staid, stern, sweer, weightsome, weighty
2.
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Đồng nghĩa: coy

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

demures

V_ing/Gerund

demuring

V_ed/pp

demured

1.
(obsolete)To look demurely.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

retiring shy sober austere frightful serious grave earnest grievouslack-laughterthoughtful sad sage saturnine sedate solemn solemncholy somber sombre staid

Cùng gốc / liên quan

demurelydemurenessdemurityundemure

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Middle English demure, demwre, an abbreviation of de mure port (with a mature demeanor) (compare meur from mātūrus): *si il seyt coy e de mure port (Amur curteiz) (he sits quietly and with a mature appearance) * Documents illustrating the history of Scotland, CLV, 1306, Orders for the custody of Scottish prisoners, CLV: …et que eles soient de bon et meur port (…with a good and ma…