decorous 音标拼音: [d'ɛkɚəs]
a . 有礼貌的,高雅的,端正的
有礼貌的,高雅的,端正的
decorous adj 1 :
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct ; "
the tete -
a -
tete was decorous in the extreme " [
ant : {
indecorous }, {
indelicate }]
2 :
according with custom or propriety ; "
her becoming modesty ";
"
comely behavior "; "
it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money "; "
a decent burial ";
"
seemly behavior " [
synonym : {
becoming }, {
comely }, {
comme il faut }, {
decent }, {
decorous }, {
seemly }]
Decorous \
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decor comeliness ,
beauty ;
akin to decere .
See {
Decent },
and cf . {
Decorum }.]
Suitable to a character ,
or to the time ,
place ,
and occasion ;
marked with decorum ;
becoming ;
proper ;
seemly ;
befitting ;
as ,
a decorous speech ;
decorous behavior ;
a decorous dress for a judge .
[
1913 Webster ]
A decorous pretext the war . --
Motley .
-- {
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adv . -- {
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ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decorous ":
Christian ,
accepted ,
according to Hoyle ,
acknowledged ,
admitted ,
appropriate ,
approved ,
au fait ,
becoming ,
befitting ,
being done ,
ceremonial ,
ceremonious ,
civil ,
civilized ,
comely ,
comme il faut ,
condign ,
conformable ,
conforming ,
conventional ,
correct ,
customary ,
de rigueur ,
decent ,
delicate ,
demure ,
dignified ,
done ,
due ,
earnest ,
elegant ,
felicitous ,
fit ,
fitting ,
formal ,
frowning ,
genteel ,
gentlemanly ,
good ,
grave ,
grim ,
grim -
faced ,
grim -
visaged ,
happy ,
hieratic ,
kosher ,
ladylike ,
liturgic ,
long -
faced ,
mannerly ,
meet ,
modest ,
nice ,
normal ,
normative ,
orthodox ,
polished ,
polite ,
pompous ,
prim ,
proper ,
punctilious ,
received ,
recognized ,
refined ,
respectable ,
right ,
right and proper ,
righteous ,
rightful ,
rigid ,
ritual ,
ritualistic ,
sacerdotal ,
seasonable ,
sedate ,
seemly ,
serious ,
sober ,
sober -
minded ,
sobersided ,
solemn ,
somber ,
staid ,
stately ,
stiff ,
stone -
faced ,
straight -
faced ,
stuffy ,
suitable ,
thoughtful ,
traditional ,
unsmiling ,
urbane ,
weighty ,
well -
behaved ,
well -
mannered
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