Synonyms of demure

demure

adjective

1

as in coquettish

affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest

the previously demure maiden began making some surprisingly shocking remarks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coquettish
• coy
• kittenish
• flirtatious
• girlish
• prudish
• flirty
• priggish
• prim
• governessy
• overmodest
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncoy

2

as in shy

not comfortable around people

hesitant and demure, she hardly spoke a word at the banquet table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shy
• withdrawn
• bashful
• lone
• modest
• coy
• sheepish
• diffident
• introverted
• recessive
• retiring
• backward
• self-effacing
• reserved
• awkward
• embarrassed
• unassertive
• antisocial
• unsociable
• unsocial
• lone-wolf
• uptight
• unadventurous
• uneasy
• inhibited
• self-conscious
• unenterprising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outgoing
• extroverted
• immodest
• extraverted
• social
• gregarious
• sociable
• convivial
• companionable
• forceful
• bold
• boon
• dashing
• uninhibited
• brash
• clubbable
• unreserved
• forward
• clubable
• overbold

3

as in meek

not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness

wore a very demure outfit to the interview for the job at the church's headquarters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meek
• humble
• modest
• unassuming
• timid
• unaffected
• down-to-earth
• shy
• naive
• unpretentious
• lowly
• quiet
• subdued
• simple
• passive
• deferential
• unassertive
• submissive
• acquiescent
• compliant
• unaggressive
• naïve
• bashful
• resigned
• reserved
• plain
• diffident
• sheepish
• ingenuous
• unobtrusive
• mousy
• yielding
• introverted
• shrinking
• retiring
• mousey
• cowering
• self-effacing
• cringing
• self-deprecating
• aw-shucks
• self-deprecatory
• overmodest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• haughty
• arrogant
• superior
• aggressive
• assertive
• egotistical
• supercilious
• pompous
• imperious
• pretentious
• impudent
• peremptory
• bold
• bumptious
• saucy
• presumptuous
• conceited
• cheeky
• brash
• brassy
• confident
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• egotistic
• audacious
• lordly
• huffy
• uppish
• impertinent
• cocky
• chesty
• high-handed
• forward
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• overweening
• cocksure
• smug
• presuming
• overconfident
• narcissistic
• dominant
• self-assertive
• egocentric
• vain
• hubristic
• bombastic
• hoity-toity
• egoistic
• boastful
• prideful
• hifalutin
• egoistical
• self-asserting
• showy
• domineering
• flamboyant
• huffish
• swaggering
• toplofty
• self-confident
• fastuous
• toploftical
• disdainful
• vainglorious
• overbearing
• condescending
• patronizing
• magisterial
• ostentatious
• dominating
• uninhibited
• self-centered
• outgoing
• self-satisfied
• extroverted
• self-important
• self-complacent
• immodest
• self-engrossed
• self-contented
• stuck-up
• self-congratulatory
• self-obsessed
• self-conceited
• unreserved
• extraverted
• self-affected
• self-pleased
• braggy
• swelled-headed
• pontificating

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