'Decorous' definitions:
Definition of 'decorous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate]
adjective
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" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
Definition of 'Decorous'
From: GCIDE
- Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. 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. -- {De*co"rous*ly}, adv. -- {De*co"rous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- according to Hoyle,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- appropriate,
- approved,
- au fait,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- being done,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonious,
- Christian,
- 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
Words containing 'Decorous'
- Decorate,
- Decorated,
- Decorating,
- Decorative,
- Decorativeness,
- Decorator,
- Decorement,
- Decorously,
- Decorousness,
- decor,
- decoration,
- decoratively,
- decore,
- Decorated style,
- Decoration Day,
- Decorative art,
- Gatch decoration,
- house decorator,
- interior decoration,
- interior decorator,
- room decorator,
- set decoration,
- cosmetic decorative ornamental,
- crested plumed having a decorative plume