demure

demure

1. varautunut, kaino, ujo (yleensä naisesta)

Liittyvät sanat: demureness

Synonyymisanakirja

demure

säädyllinen, sievistelevä, teeskennellyn siveä, turhankaino, kaino.

Rimmaavat sanat

demure rimmaa näiden kanssa:

force majeure, kure, houre, kuumehoure, suure, vakiosuure, satunnaissuure...

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Englannin sanakirja

demure (englanti > suomi)

1. kaino

demure englanniksi

1. quiet Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.

She is a demure young lady.

2. W. Black

Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.

3. (quote-journal) (Review)|date=21 January 2014|passage=However hard she pushed the tough-talkin' shtick, she remained doe-eyed, glowing and somehow unassailably demure.

4. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

5. L'Estrange

A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.

6. Miss Mitford

Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.

7. puhekieltä To look demurely.

8. 1623, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (act 4, scene 16, line 30)

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes (..) shall acquire no Honour Demuring upon me.

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