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
decent (sufficiently clothed) · decent (fair, good enough)
eş: convenable, usage, correct, courtois, mettable, normal
köken: From Latin decentem.
aile: décemment, indécent
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
decent, proper
eş: honesto, honrado
zıt: indecente
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin decentem, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deke-, from base *dek- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”).
aile: decentemente
🔊 Faça um corte de cabelo decente.
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
demure, timid, coy, shy, retiring
çekim: karşılaştırma kainompi · üstünlük kainoin
köken: From Proto-Finnic [Term?] (compare Estonian kaine, Ingrian kainu, Karelian kainu, kaino).
aile: kainostella, kainosti, kainostua, kainous
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
decent (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
çekim: karşılaştırma spodọ́bnejši · üstünlük nȁjspodọ́bnejši
modest
zıt: immodest
köken: Borrowed from Latin modestus.
aile: modestament
decent (showing integrity and moral uprightness) · decent (good enough; okay) · clean, tidy
zıt: indecente
köken: From Latin decentem.
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