What is a demure person?

What is a demure person?

1 : reserved, modest. 2 : affectedly modest, reserved, or serious : coy.

Is Demure a compliment?

Demure is a word you don’t hear a lot these days, but it used to be a huge compliment for a woman or a girl, for them to be considered shy and quiet and modest. Those days are over, thank goodness, because demure people are nice and all, but they’re also a little boring.

Can a man be demure?

The term ‘demure’ is most often applied to women, but of course men can be “demure” also.

How do you use demure?

Demure in a Sentence 🔉

1. My sister is too outgoing for anyone to ever accuse her of being demure.
2. While Helen is quite demure in her job as a librarian, at night she becomes a wild karaoke queen.
3. Because he was nervous at the audition, Biff sang in a demure voice which the judges were unable to hear.

Is Demure a name?

The Demure family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Demure families were found in the USA in 1920. In 1880 there was 1 Demure family living in Florida. This was 100\% of all the recorded Demure’s in the USA.

Can demure be a verb?

verb (used without object), de·murred, de·mur·ring. to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred. Law. to interpose a demurrer. Archaic. to linger; hesitate.

How do you remember demure?

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for demure demure sounds like deMUTE, and everyone knows that when something is on mute, words are difficult to come out! =D. demure -> de + m(u)(a)re from “mare” (dead) you can relate it to grave. demure = de(the) + mu (manchester united) + r(are) + e (energetic not arrogant).

What part of speech is demure?

adjective, de·mur·er, de·mur·est. characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved. affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.

Is Demureness a word?

Reserve in speech, behavior, or dress: diffidence, modesty, reticence, self-effacement.