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decorous
adjective
(dec-o-rous)
according with custom or propriety
Synonyms:
becoming
,
comely
, comme il faut,
seemly
,
decorous
adjective
(dec-o-rous)
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
Antonyms:
indecorous
,
Examples:
The tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme.
Words Related to
decorous
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seemly
,
sedate
,
staid
,
comme il faut
,
comely
,
proper
,
decent
,
becoming
,
in good taste
,
genteel
,
gentlemanly
,
mannerly
,
polite
,
demure
,
mannered
,
reverent
,
courtly
,
respectful
,
tasteful
,
congenial
,
ladylike
,
unostentatious
,
fastidious
,
punctilious
,
elegant
,
dutiful
,
stately
,
deferential
,
dainty
,
dignified
,
civilized
,
indecorous
,
ritualised
,
florid
,
chivalrous
,
unmilitary
,
unladylike
,
rebarbative
,
convivial
,
unmannerly
,
discreet
,
stuffier
,
unmusical
,
unpolitical
,
donnish
,
clubbable
,
highbrow
,
diffident
,
unpoetic
,
ungentlemanly
,
sententious
,
soberer
,
epicene
,
contemplative
,
impertinent
,
bacchanalian
,
uncouth
,
prim
,
irenic
,
plebeian
,
ribald
,
somnolent
,
edifying
,
rococo
,
saturnine
,
funereal
,
indelicate
,
obsequious
,
erudite
,
regal
,
solemn
,
rabelaisian
,
queenly
,
bewigged
,
banal
,
comfortless
,
undramatic
,
graceless
,
undignified
,
uncivil
,
boorish
,
frowsy
,
choleric
,
verbose
,
serene
,
unassertive
,
fulsome
,
unobjectionable
,
sphinxlike
,
leisured
,
unexcitable
,
prepossessing
,
riotous
,
ritualized
,
perfunctory
,
reverential
,
pious
,
jocose
,
recriminatory
,
solipsistic
,
decorous
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