decorous

Definitions

Characterized by propriety and dignity; in keeping with good taste.

Polite, restrained, and socially acceptable in behavior or appearance.

Examples

The guests maintained a decorous silence throughout the solemn funeral ceremony.

She always behaved in a decorous manner, even when faced with rude provocations.

Synonyms

polite proper respectable seemly well-mannered dignified appropriate

Antonyms

improper indecent rude unseemly vulgar inappropriate offensive