The meaning of Demure

adjective

Reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.

Usage examples:

Everything you need to know but have been too bashful to ask

adjective

Easily embarrassed and uncomfortable; shy

Usage examples:

She gave a bashful smile when she was introduced.

adjective

(especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring.

Usage examples:

She treated him to a coy smile of invitation

abbreviation

Company.

adjective

Acting shy, uncertain, or unwilling to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it

Usage examples:

Mcintyre is coy about his future in football., she smiled coyly.

adjective

Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour.

Usage examples:

A decent clean-living individual

adjective

Acceptable, satisfactory, or reasonable

Usage examples:

We get good benefits, and the pay is decent., it costs $100 to buy a decent sleeping bag., they’re …

adjective

In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

Usage examples:

Charlotte gave david a decorous kiss

adjective

Behaving politely and in a controlled way

Usage examples:

His manner, as ever, was decorous.

adjective

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Usage examples:

A diffident youth

adjective

Shy and not confident of your abilities

Usage examples:

A diffident manner, you shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Usage examples:

Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

adjective

Appropriate for or typical of a well-bred, decorous woman or girl.

Usage examples:

Her antics were considered very undignified by her ladylike peers

adjective

Suitable for a lady

Usage examples:

There are some things i won’t talk about because it’s not ladylike.

adjective

Quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive.

Usage examples:

She brought her meek little husband along

adjective

Quiet and unwilling to disagree or fight or to strongly support personal ideas and opinions

Usage examples:

He’s slight, meek, and balding, and hardly heroic., jennifer meekly suggested that maybe it won't h…

adjective

Not severe, serious, or harsh.

Usage examples:

Mild criticism

noun

A kind of dark beer not strongly flavoured with hops.

Usage examples:

They still brew a delicious dark mild which is one of my favourite drinks.

adjective

Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.

Usage examples:

He was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not great in value

Usage examples:

A modest increase in salary, a modest house, although an outstanding scientist, he’s a modest man.

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not expensive

Usage examples:

Modest amount/budget/profit we have a fairly modest budget, considering our oil wealth., modest ris…

adjective

Denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.

Usage examples:

She's never had a proper job

adverb

Satisfactorily or correctly.

Usage examples:

My eyes were all blurry and i couldn't see proper

noun

The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.

Usage examples:

We go to the high mass, with plainsong propers sung by the ritual choir

adjective

Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

Usage examples:

Cars can run on pure alcohol

adjective

Not mixed with anything else

Usage examples:

The scarf is pure silk., it was a moment of pure joy., the mountain air was fresh and pure (= not p…

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

Usage examples:

He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

Usage examples:

Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

Usage examples:

Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.

Usage examples:

They thought the stage no life for a respectable lady

adjective

Socially acceptable because of having a good character or appearance or behaving in a way that is approved of

Usage examples:

It was hard to find a clean shirt that looked respectable enough to be seen in., a respectable inco…

adjective

Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

Usage examples:

She was extremely reticent about her personal affairs

adjective

Unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings

Usage examples:

At first she was reticent, but later she relaxed and was more forthcoming., due to his reticence, l…

adjective

Shy and fond of being on one's own.

Usage examples:

A gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict

verb

Leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

Usage examples:

He retired from the navy in 1986

adjective

Unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people

Usage examples:

He’s a shy, retiring sort of person.

adjective

Conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous.

Usage examples:

I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely

adjective

Becoming smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The shrinking market has provoked a massive price war

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

adjective

Becoming smaller or less

Usage examples:

The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people., rapidly/steadily…

adjective

Nervous or timid in the company of other people.

Usage examples:

I was pretty shy at school

verb

(especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement.

Usage examples:

Their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight

noun

A sudden startled movement, especially of a frightened horse.

adjective

Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Usage examples:

I was too timid to ask for what i wanted

adjective

Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.

Usage examples:

A timorous voice

adjective

Nervous and without much confidence

adjective

Not pretentious or arrogant; modest.

Usage examples:

He was an unassuming and kindly man

adjective

Quiet and not attracting attention

Usage examples:

A shy and unassuming person, an unassuming little restaurant

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.