Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 23

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS
  • ÄäntäminenAU:
    • IPA: /dəˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
  • SSB:
    • IPA: /dəˈmjɔː(ɹ)/
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjɵː(ɹ)/
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
  • NZ:
    • IPA: /dəˈmjʉə(ɹ)/
  • US:
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjʊɹ/
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjɔɹ/
  • GA:
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjʊɹ/
    • IPA: /dɪˈmjɔɹ/
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaсериозен (seriózen), скромен
espanjarecatado
hollantibescheiden, ernstig, sober, gereserveerd, bevallig
italiariservato, pudico, pudibondo
latviavīrišķīgs
portugalireservado
ranskadiscret, sérieux, sobre, réservé
suomivarautunut, kaino, ujo
tšekkiostýchavý
unkarinegédes, szemérmes
venäjäтихий (tihi), серьёзный (serjoznyi), скромный (skromnyi), сдержанный (sderžannyi)
virotagasihoidlik

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

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

Verbi

  1. (obsolete) To look demurely.

Esimerkit

  • She is a demure young lady.
  • Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
  • [H]owever hard she pushed the tough-talkin' shtick, she remained doe-eyed, glowing and somehow unassailably demure.
  • A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.
  • Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
  • Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes... shall acquire no Honour Demuring upon me. – Shakespeare (1623) Antony & Cleopatra Act 4, Sc 16, Ln 30

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektidemuredImperfektidemured
Partisiipin preesensdemuringKomparatiivimore demure
Superlatiivimost demureSuperlatiividemurest
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensdemuresKomparatiividemurer

Luokat


(chiefly of a woman) Modest, quiet, reserved or serious.

Recreation on a California beach in the first decade of the 20th century, depicting people in modest dress

(chiefly of a woman) Modest, quiet, reserved or serious.

1868 diagram from Harper's Bazaar showing proper girls' skirt lengths increasing as they grow up

(chiefly of a woman) Modest, quiet, reserved or serious.

Orthodox pilgrim in the Laure of Kyiv-Perchesk. Pilgrims have to wear modest clothes and women and girls must cover their hair when entering a church or monastery.