decorous

decorous is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

   "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"

3. adjective. according with custom or propriety

   "her becoming modesty"

   "comely behavior"

   Synonyms: becoming, comely, decent, seemly

Synonyms

becoming, comely, decent, seemly

Common word forms

decorously, decorousness

Words from these letters

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