serious, severe, grave
çekim: karşılaştırma ernster · üstünlük am ernstesten
köken: From Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-West Germanic *ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.
aile: ernsthaft, ernst nehmen, es ernst meinen
discreet · discrete
eş: réservé, retenu, judicieux, prudent, sage
zıt: indiscret
köken: Inherited from Old French discret, borrowed from Latin discretus (“separate”).
aile: discrètement
moderate
eş: acomedido, servicial, oficioso
köken: From comedir + -ido.
modest
eş: castigato, casto, decente, illibato, immacolato, pudibondo
köken: From Latin pudīcus.
aile: pudicamente
serious, earnest · serious, grave, important · serious, strong, formidable
çekim: karşılaştırma (по)серьёзнее · üstünlük (наи)серьёзнейший
eş: строгий, глубокомысленный, деловой, сурьёзный, существенный, важный
zıt: несерьёзный
köken: Borrowed from French sérieux + -ный (-nyj).
aile: серьёзность, серьёзнеть, серьёзничать, посерьёзнеть, серьёзно
civilized, cultured · courteous, polite
çekim: karşılaştırma beschaafder · üstünlük beschaafdst
zıt: onbeschaafd
köken: From beschaven.
aile: beschaafdheid, onbeschaafd
modest; humble (not bragging or boasting about oneself) · modest (small or inexpensive)
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin modestus.
aile: modestamente
shrinking violet (very shy woman, who figuratively won't even look anyone in the eye)
çekim: çoğul χαμηλοβλεπούσες · tamlayan χαμηλοβλεπούσας
köken: χαμηλο- (chamilo-, “low”) + βλέπ(ω) (vlép(o), “I see, look”) + -ούσα (-oúsa, feminine possessive suffix)
🔊 Νομίζει ότι το να παίζει την χαμηλοβλέπουσα έλκει τους άνδρες.
modest, reserved, demure, self-effacing · in restrained quantities
gentle, meek, obedient
köken: 얌전 (yamjeon) + -하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).
🔊 몸가짐이 얌전하다
serious (not joking, solemn) · serious, severe, grave ((potentially causing something) very bad)
çekim: karşılaştırma allvarligare · üstünlük allvarligast
köken: From Old Swedish alvarliker, from Old Norse alvarligr. By surface analysis, allvar (“seriousness”) + -lig.
aile: gravallvarlig
🔊 en man med en allvarlig min
🔊 Men allvarligt talat, vad hade du förväntat dig?
🔊 – Jag vann just en miljon på lotto! – Allvarligt?
bashful, coy, demure
çekim: karşılaştırma ostýchavější · üstünlük nejostýchavější
eş: nesmělý, plachý, stydlivý, zdráhavý, rezervovaný, nejistý
köken: From ostýchat + -avý.
discreet, secretive (able to keep confidences secret) · discreet, tactful (able to deal with people in a sensitive manner) · discreet, delicate
çekim: karşılaştırma diszkrétebb · üstünlük legdiszkrétebb
köken: From German diskret, from French discrète (“discreet”), from Latin discrētus (“separated, distinct”), past participle of discernō (“distinguish”).
aile: diszkréten, diszkrétség
honourable, modest, decent, reserved
çekim: karşılaştırma mere ærbar · üstünlük mest ærbar
köken: By surface analysis, ære + -bar. From Middle Low German erbar (“noble”).
aile: ærbarhed
serious, earnest, unsmiling, grave · valid, good (of a reason, objection, intentions, etc.) · considerable, goodly
çekim: karşılaştırma по́-серио́зни · üstünlük на́й-серио́зни
modest
zıt: immodest
köken: Borrowed from Latin modestus.
aile: modestament
sensible, prudent
çekim: karşılaştırma níos stuama · üstünlük is stuama
köken: From Middle Irish stúamda.
aile: místuama, stuamacht
serious · blue
çekim: üstünlük ամենալուրջ
köken: From Old Armenian լուրջ (lurǰ).
aile: լրջություն, անլուրջ
demure, humble
çekim: karşılaştırma უფრო თავმდაბალი · üstünlük ყველაზე თავმდაბალი