decorum

Noun

Meaning

Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dignity decorousness grace code of conduct form convention ceremony protocol custom taste breeding discretion restraint refinement formalism
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Antonyms

indecorum badness crime evil corruption defect
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Hypernyms

propriety properness correctitude

Hyponyms

becomingness

Phrases with the word

act with decorum with decorum Rhododendron decorum basic decorum

Anagrams

Cudmore

Examples

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. Abbie Hoffman

There is something ... more important in life than punctuality, and that is decorum. Samuel Beckett

I have no limits, no filter, no class, no poise. No decorum. Just fun. Kathy Griffin

Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids. Mason Cooley

To a high degree we are, through art and science, cultured. We are civilized - perhaps too much for our own good - in all sorts of social grace and decorum. But to consider ourselves as having reached morality. Immanuel Kant

Close letter words and terms

decortication decorticator decortification decose decoside decossackization