Definition of modest

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Modest (a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy..

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Humility :: Humility (n.) The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.
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..
Demure :: Demure (a.) Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Humble :: Humble (superl.) Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest..
Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
Immodestly :: Immodestly (adv.) In an immodest manner.
False :: False (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry..
Modest :: Modest (a.) Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman..
Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners..
Indecent :: Indecent (a.) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language..
Modest :: Modest (a.) Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy..
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..
Forward :: Forward (a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years..
Modest :: 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..
Verecund :: Verecund (a.) Rashful; modest.
Unobtrusive :: Unobtrusive (a.) Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.
Pudicity :: Pudicity (n.) Modesty; chastity.
Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem..
Unbashful :: Unbashful (a.) Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless.
Verecundity :: Verecundity (n.) The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.
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