modest
- 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.
Opposite of
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
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɑdəst/
Etymology
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
Related words
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