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词汇 debonair
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Definition of debonair in English:

debonair

adjective ˌdɛbəˈnɛːˌdɛbəˈnɛr
  • (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.

    (男子)温文尔雅的

    all the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gentle and debonair in manners, he knows how to be a submissive husband and cater to the needs of his sweetheart.
    • Dressed in a beige, linen Ermenegildo Zegna suit, he was every bit the suave, debonair businessman.
    • He would be handsome, intelligent and debonair, but affable and always approachable, and on top of that he would always be wise, loving and kind.
    • He could not have looked more suave or debonair had he walked out of the window of a fashion house in Recoleta, the upmarket district of his hometown Buenos Aires.
    • Handsome doesn't even begin to describe how dashing and debonair he looks.
    • The debonair, sophisticated singer has tackled so many different styles that he transcends easy classification.
    • He is supposed to be a charming and debonair ladies man.
    • Less rugged and robust than debonair and sophisticated, he attracted modern, independent women who appreciated his flair.
    • Would the ladies of a Unionist persuasion prefer the younger impetuous rascal type as their representative or the more mature, debonair sophisticate?
    • He was charming, debonair, and a master of comedic timing.
    • More often than not, Michael Douglas is known for playing suave, debonair men.
    • But in the end, the debonair president with a touch for the common citizen came through with a landslide re-election victory.
    • The royal equivalent of a Hollywood matinee idol, he was tall, suave, charming and debonair, with the unmistakeable look of his Hanoverian forebears.
    • Which caused Dominic Hamilton, one of the most suave and debonair boys I'd ever met, go absolutely nuts.
    • He's debonair, smooth, handsome and slim like Moore.
    • He was debonair, yet there seemed a sense of fun about him, as though he wasn't bound by the strict rules of his society.
    • When I am 71, can I be as suave, good-looking and debonair as the late Sacha Distel?
    • The debonair stylist was an aficionado of organic produce long before it became fashionable.
    • One minute you could be all cool and debonair but the moment she enters, your legs turn to jelly.
    • Before me is not the debonair, gentleman writer I had expected but an unshaven, dishevelled man with wild, curly grey hair and frayed clothing.
    Synonyms
    suave, urbane, sophisticated, cultured, self-possessed, self-assured, confident, charming, gracious, well mannered, civil, courteous, gallant, chivalrous, gentlemanly, refined, polished, well bred, genteel, dignified, courtly
    well dressed, well groomed, well turned out, elegant, stylish, smart, dashing, dapper, spruce, trim, attractive
    French soigné
    informal smooth, swish, swanky, snappy, sharp, cool
    North American informal spiffy, fly
    US informal on fleek
    dated mannerly
    archaic trig, gentle

Derivatives

  • debonairly

  • adverb
    • He looked at me and smiled debonairly, opening his door.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'meek or courteous'): from Old French debonaire, from de bon aire 'of good disposition'.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah

Definition of debonair in US English:

debonair

adjectiveˌdɛbəˈnɛrˌdebəˈner
  • (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.

    (男子)温文尔雅的

    all the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gentle and debonair in manners, he knows how to be a submissive husband and cater to the needs of his sweetheart.
    • He was charming, debonair, and a master of comedic timing.
    • The royal equivalent of a Hollywood matinee idol, he was tall, suave, charming and debonair, with the unmistakeable look of his Hanoverian forebears.
    • He could not have looked more suave or debonair had he walked out of the window of a fashion house in Recoleta, the upmarket district of his hometown Buenos Aires.
    • When I am 71, can I be as suave, good-looking and debonair as the late Sacha Distel?
    • One minute you could be all cool and debonair but the moment she enters, your legs turn to jelly.
    • Less rugged and robust than debonair and sophisticated, he attracted modern, independent women who appreciated his flair.
    • He would be handsome, intelligent and debonair, but affable and always approachable, and on top of that he would always be wise, loving and kind.
    • He is supposed to be a charming and debonair ladies man.
    • Before me is not the debonair, gentleman writer I had expected but an unshaven, dishevelled man with wild, curly grey hair and frayed clothing.
    • Which caused Dominic Hamilton, one of the most suave and debonair boys I'd ever met, go absolutely nuts.
    • But in the end, the debonair president with a touch for the common citizen came through with a landslide re-election victory.
    • He's debonair, smooth, handsome and slim like Moore.
    • Dressed in a beige, linen Ermenegildo Zegna suit, he was every bit the suave, debonair businessman.
    • More often than not, Michael Douglas is known for playing suave, debonair men.
    • Handsome doesn't even begin to describe how dashing and debonair he looks.
    • The debonair stylist was an aficionado of organic produce long before it became fashionable.
    • Would the ladies of a Unionist persuasion prefer the younger impetuous rascal type as their representative or the more mature, debonair sophisticate?
    • He was debonair, yet there seemed a sense of fun about him, as though he wasn't bound by the strict rules of his society.
    • The debonair, sophisticated singer has tackled so many different styles that he transcends easy classification.
    Synonyms
    suave, urbane, sophisticated, cultured, self-possessed, self-assured, confident, charming, gracious, well mannered, civil, courteous, gallant, chivalrous, gentlemanly, refined, polished, well bred, genteel, dignified, courtly

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘meek or courteous’): from Old French debonaire, from de bon aire ‘of good disposition’.

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