Antonyms for demure
dɪˈmyʊərde·mure

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1. demure

   Antonyms:
   lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild, noisy, boisterous, rompish, hoydenish, indiscreet

   Synonyms:
   sedate, staid, grave, modest, downcast, sober, dispassionate, prudish, discreet

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1. coy, demure, overmodestadjective

   affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

   Antonyms:
   immodest

   Synonyms:
   coy, overmodest

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1. demureadjective

   Synonyms:
   sedate, sober, staid, decorous

How to use demure in a sentence?

1. John Milton:

   Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.

2. Liza Anderson:

   Emma Stone would look to be an award-winning actress now, there’s no better position to be in right now.I ’m sure Emma Stone has Hollywood banging at Emma Stone door. Emma Stone’s a perfect combination of outspoken and demure, and those are qualities that both men and women love. It’s a remake of a smash hit, but the reason it was so successful is because of the global attention Emma Stone got and because of who Emma Stone is...

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   **(C)(P)- EVIL MEN GET MORE UGLY WITH AGE, WHILE WOMEN WHO ARE EVIL GET MORE TACTFUL, CUNNING, DEMURE,STUNNINGLY SOPHISTICATED, PRETTIER, AND WISE. WHO CAN DENY? JUST LOOK AROUND YOU.

4. Alan Marshall Beck:

   A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

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