decorous English

Meaning decorous meaning

What does decorous mean?

decorous

— adjective characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme

— adjective (= becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, seemly) 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

Synonyms decorous synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as decorous?

decorous English » English

decent

seemly

proper

comely

modest

comme il faut

becoming

appropriate

worthy

well-behaved

unobjectionable

unimpeachable

unexceptionable

undefiled

tidy

suitable

stiff

speckless

sound

sedate

right

respectable

proportional

prim

presentable

pleasing

pertinent

opportune

neat

modesty

irreproachable

inedible

inculpable

good

gentlemanly

formal

fitting

faultless

courteous

congruous

congruent

congenial

ceremonious

blameless

beseeming

bashfulness

bashful

apt

adequate