different between decorous vs appealing
decorous
English
Etymology
From Latin dec?rus (“seemly, becoming”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?k???s/
Adjective
decorous (comparative more decorous, superlative most decorous)
- Marked by proper behavior.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter V, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd edition, London: J. Jonson, published 1796, section III, pages 219–220:
- The narrow path of truth and virtue inclines neither to the right nor left—it is a ?traightforward bu?ine?s, and they who are earne?tly pur?uing their road, may bound over many decorous prejudices, without leaving mode?ty behind.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 61,[1]
- There came a day when the round of decorous pleasures and solemn gaieties in which Mr. Jos Sedley’s family indulged was interrupted by an event which happens in most houses.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 43
- But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, Part One, Chapter 1[2]
- The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter V, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd edition, London: J. Jonson, published 1796, section III, pages 219–220:
Antonyms
- indecorous
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Translations
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appealing
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??pi?.l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /??pi.?l.??/, /??pi.l??/
- Rhymes: -i?l??
Adjective
appealing (comparative more appealing, superlative most appealing)
- Having appeal; attractive.
Derived terms
- appealingly
Translations
Verb
appealing
- present participle of appeal
Noun
appealing (plural appealings)
- The act of making an appeal.
Anagrams
- lagniappe, panplegia
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