modest
(Engels)
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
Tegenovergesteld aan
arrogant, immodest, humble, modest, servile, sycophantic, obscene, small, tiny, deficient, insufficient, moderate, chaste, decent, moral, provocative, sexy, sensual, flamboyant, nonsexy, repellent, unalluring, unattractive, unsexy, unadorned
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmɑdəst/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
Related words
skromny
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