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Synonyms & Antonyms of demure
1
affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest
- the previously demure maiden began making some surprisingly shocking remarks
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- uncoy
2
not comfortable around people
- hesitant and demure, she hardly spoke a word at the banquet table
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Near Antonyms for demure
- boon,
- clubbable
- (also clubable),
- companionable,
- convivial,
- gregarious,
- sociable,
- social
Antonyms for demure
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest,
- outgoing
3
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
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- bashful,
- diffident,
- introverted,
- mousy
- (or mousey),
- overmodest,
- passive,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- retiring,
- sheepish,
- shy,
- subdued,
- timid,
- unobtrusive
Near Antonyms for demure
- aggressive,
- assertive,
- audacious,
- bold,
- brash,
- brassy,
- cheeky,
- forward,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- saucy
- egocentric,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- narcissistic,
- prideful,
- self-affected,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-congratulatory,
- self-contented,
- self-engrossed,
- self-important,
- self-obsessed,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up,
- swelled-headed
- condescending,
- disdainful,
- dominant,
- dominating,
- domineering,
- magisterial,
- overbearing,
- patronizing,
- pontificating
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest,
- outgoing,
- uninhibited,
- unreserved
Antonyms for demure
- arrogant,
- bumptious,
- chesty,
- conceited,
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- hoity-toity,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
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The first known use of demure was in the 14th century
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