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English Dictionary: Modest |
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2 results for Modest |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- modest
- adj
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of
yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
Antonym(s): immodest
- not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
Synonym(s): modest, small
- free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Antonym(s): immodest
- low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Synonym(s): humble, low, lowly, modest, small
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
Synonym(s): meek, mild, modest
- limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket- size country"
Synonym(s): minor, modest, small, small- scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Modest \Mod"est\, a. [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus
measure. See {Mode}.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife.
--Shak.
The blushing beauties of a modest maid. --Dryden.
3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not
showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate;
as, a modest request; modest joy.
Syn: Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy;
decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous.
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