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English Dictionary: immodest by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immodest
adj
  1. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"
    Antonym(s): modest
  2. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
    Antonym(s): modest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immodest \Im*mod"est\, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus
      immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See {Modest}.]
      1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
  
      2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which
            decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate;
            obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words,
            pictures, etc.
  
                     Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we
                     proscribe the least immodest thought. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent;
               indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
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