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demureness

  • 1 demureness

    noun die Gesetztheit
    * * *
    de·mure·ness
    [dɪˈmjʊəʳnəs, AM -ˈmjʊrnəs]
    1. (shyness) Zurückhaltung f, Schüchternheit f
    2. (composed reserve) Gesetztheit f
    * * *
    [dI'mjʊənɪs]
    n
    Sittsamkeit f
    * * *
    1. Zimperlichkeit f
    2. Gesetztheit f
    3. Zurückhaltung f

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  • 2 demureness

    de·mure·ness [dɪʼmjʊəʳnəs, Am -ʼmjʊrnəs] n
    1) ( shyness) Zurückhaltung f, Schüchternheit f
    2) ( composed reserve) Gesetztheit f

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  • 3 demure

    adjective
    1) (affectedly quiet and serious) betont zurückhaltend
    2) (grave, composed) ernst; gesetzt [Benehmen]
    * * *
    [di'mjuə]
    (quiet, shy, modest and well behaved (sometimes deceptively): She looked too demure ever to do such a bold thing.) gesetzt
    - academic.ru/86076/demurely">demurely
    - demureness
    * * *
    de·mure
    [dɪˈmjʊəʳ, AM -ˈmjʊr]
    1. (shy) [sehr] schüchtern, zurückhaltend
    she gave him a \demure smile sie lächelte ihm schüchtern zu
    2. (composed and reserved) gesetzt
    * * *
    [dɪ'mjʊə(r)]
    adj (+er)
    sittsam
    * * *
    demure [dıˈmjʊə(r)] adj (adv demurely)
    1. zimperlich, geziert, spröde
    2. prüde, sittsam
    3. gesetzt, ernst, zurückhaltend
    * * *
    adjective
    1) (affectedly quiet and serious) betont zurückhaltend
    2) (grave, composed) ernst; gesetzt [Benehmen]
    * * *
    adj.
    zimperlich adj.

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  • 4 primness

    noun die Steifheit
    * * *
    prim·ness
    [ˈprɪmnəs]
    n no pl Sprödigkeit f, [Über]korrektheit f
    * * *
    ['prImnɪs]
    n
    (= demureness) Sittsamkeit f, Züchtigkeit f; (= prudishness) Prüderie f
    * * *
    primness [ˈprımnıs] s
    1. (pedantische) Sauberkeit, Ordentlichkeit f
    2. Steifheit f
    3. Affektiertheit f
    4. Sprödigkeit f, Zimperlichkeit f
    * * *
    n.
    Steifheit f.

    English-german dictionary > primness

См. также в других словарях:

  • Demureness — De*mure ness (d[ e]*m[=u]r n[e^]s), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • demureness — index propriety (correctness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • demureness — demure ► ADJECTIVE (demurer, demurest) ▪ (of a woman) reserved, modest, and shy. DERIVATIVES demurely adverb demureness noun. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French demourer remain, stay , influenced by mur grave …   English terms dictionary

  • demureness — noun see demure …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • demureness — See demurely. * * * …   Universalium

  • demureness — noun The state or quality of being demure …   Wiktionary

  • demureness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Reserve in speech, behavior, or dress: diffidence, modesty, reticence, self effacement. See RESTRAINT …   English dictionary for students

  • demureness — de mure·ness || nɪs n. reservedness; modesty; composedness, soberness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • demureness — de·mure·ness …   English syllables

  • demureness — noun 1. the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum • Derivationally related forms: ↑demure • Hypernyms: ↑modesty, ↑reserve 2. the affectation of being demure in a provocative way • Syn: ↑coyness …   Useful english dictionary

  • modesty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Timidity Nouns modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity, bashfulness; shyness, unobtrusiveness; shame; reserve, constraint; demureness. Verbs 1. be modest, retire, give way to, retire into one s shell,… …   English dictionary for students

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