We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure, and our boys to be assertive; that criticizes our daughters for speaking out, and our sons for shedding a tear.
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Demure
//dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "demure" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
gravegrimgrim-facedgrim-visagedhideboundinarticulatelong facedlong-facedmid victorianmid-victorianmodestmousynarrowniceold-maidishpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanical
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (51)
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Translations
84 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- լուրջ adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- ծանրաբարո adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- համեստ adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сериозен adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- скромен adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Catalan
4 entries- modest adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- modesta adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- pudorosa adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- pudorós adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 嫻靜 /娴静 adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- 斯文 adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- 矜持 adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Czech
4 entries- ostýchavý adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- plachý adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- skromný adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- stydlivý adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Danish
3 entries- dydig adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- knibsk adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- ærbar adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Dutch
4 entries- beschaafd adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- bescheiden adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- keurig adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- netjes adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Estonian
1 entries- tagasihoidlik adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Finnish
1 entries- kaino adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
French
4 entries- discret adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- réservé adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- sobre adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- sérieux adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Georgian
1 entries- თავმდაბალი adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
German
3 entries- ernst adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- sittsam adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- zurückhaltend adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Greek
2 entries- χαμηλοβλεπούσα adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- χαμηλοθώρης adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Hungarian
4 entries- decens adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- diszkrét adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- komoly adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- szolid adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Ingrian
1 entries- häpelikäs adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Irish
1 entries- stuama adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Italian
2 entries- pudico adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- riservato adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Japanese
2 entries- ひかえめ adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- 大人しやか adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Kazakh
3 entries- сабырлы adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- сыпайы adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- ұстамды adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Korean
2 entries- 얌전하다 adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- 조용하다 adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Middle English
2 entries- demure adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- mure adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Māori
2 entries- tōngā adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- whakamōwai adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Norwegian
2 entries- anstendig adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- reservert adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Portuguese
3 entries- modesto adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- recatado adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- reservado adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Russian
4 entries- сде́ржанный adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- серьёзный adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- скро́мный adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- ти́хий adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stuama adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Sicilian
3 entries- maturu adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- risarbatu adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- spirtuni adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Spanish
4 entries- comedido adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- discreto adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- modesto adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- modoso adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Swedish
4 entries- allvarlig adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- anständig adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- blygsam adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
- måttfull adj (modest, quiet, reserved)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Marilla had almost begun to despair of ever fashioning this waif of the world into her model little girl of demure manners and prim deportment.
Source: tatoeba (5833750)
Mary is wearing demure clothes.
Source: tatoeba (8037468)
Skura's style of dress was described as demure.
Source: tatoeba (9768215)
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