Meaning of IMMODEST
| Pronunciation: | | i'mâdist
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- [adj] offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
- [adj] having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"
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| | Synonyms: | | important, indecent, overweening, uppity |
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| | Antonyms: | | modest | | |
| | See Also: | | disrespectful, domineering, proud | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | aggressively self-confident, arrogant, bawdy, biggety, bold, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, bumptious, cheeky, chesty, coarse, cocky, conceited, dirty, disrespectful, exhibitionistic, flagrant, forward, fresh, impertinent, improper, impudent, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, know-it-all, lascivious, lewd, loose, notorious, obscene, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, perk, perky, pert, presumptuous, provocative, puffed up, revealing, self-conceited, self-opinionated, sexy, shameful, shameless, smart-alecky, smutty, stuck-up, swelled-headed, titillating, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unembarrassed, unmodest, unrestrained, wanton |
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