demure

Meaning

Adj

1. Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

Verb

To look demurely.

Synonyms

modest

coy

decent

shy

bashful

humble

timid

grave

🪦

chaste

maidenly

overmodest

diffident

sober

milter

mincing

priggish

prim

prude

prudish

quiet

saturnine

sedate

serious

shamefaced

simple

solemn

staid

straitlaced

timorous

unassuming

unobtrusive

unpretending

well behaved

tight laced

burning

chary

coquettish

earnest

finical

finicking

gentle

important

matronal

matronly

meek

mild

Hyphenated as

de‧mure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, of uncertain formation, but probably from Old French meur (Modern French mûr), from Latin mātūrus. The de- is "of", as in "of maturity".