Definition of modest

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Modest (a.) Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man..

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Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..
Overmodest :: Overmodest (a.) Modest to excess; bashful.
Maidenlike :: Maidenlike (a.) Like a maiden; modest; coy.
Blush :: Blush (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face..
Impudicity :: Impudicity (n.) Immodesty.
Brazen :: Brazen (a.) Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance..
Impudent :: Impudent (a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy..
Downcast :: Downcast (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt..
Immodestly :: Immodestly (adv.) In an immodest manner.
Verecundity :: Verecundity (n.) The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.
Unassuming :: Unassuming (a.) Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners..
Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem..
Shamefast :: Shamefast (a.) Modest; shamefaced.
False :: False (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry..
Shame :: Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Flush :: Flush (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow..
Bashful :: Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression..
Sheep''s-eye :: Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural..
Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.
Obscene :: Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures..
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