DECOROUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does decorous mean?
• DECOROUS (adjective)
The adjective DECOROUS has 2 senses:
1. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
2. according with custom or propriety
Familiarity information: DECOROUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DECOROUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
Context example:
the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
Similar:
in good taste (satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards)
sedate; staid (characterized by dignity and propriety)
Also:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Antonym:
indecorous (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct)
Meaning:
According with custom or propriety
Synonyms:
becoming; comely; comme il faut; seemly; decent; decorous
Context examples:
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
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
