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Found 3 items, similar to modest.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: modest
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: modest
modest
adj 1: marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself;
“a modest apartment”;
“too modest to wear his medals”
[ant:
immodest]
2: not large but sufficient in size or amount;
“a modest
salary”;
“modest inflation”;
“helped in my own small way”
[syn:
small]
3: free from pomp or affectation;
“comfortable but modest
cottages”;
“a simple rectangular brick building”;
“a
simple man with simple tastes”
4: not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance [ant:
immodest]
5: low or inferior in station or quality;
“a humble cottage”;
“a lowly parish priest”;
“a modest man of the people”;
“small beginnings” [syn:
humble,
low,
lowly,
small]
6: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or
even cowed submissiveness;
“meek and self-effacing” [syn:
meek,
mild]
7: limited in size or scope;
“a small business”;
“a newspaper
with a modest circulation”;
“small-scale plans”;
“a
pocket-size country” [syn:
minor,
small,
small-scale,
pocket-size,
pocket-sized]
8: free from ostentation or pretension;
“the restrained
elegance of the room” [syn:
restrained,
unostentatious]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Modest
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.
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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.
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Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife.
--Shak.
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The blushing beauties of a modest maid. --Dryden.
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3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not
showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate;
as, a modest request; modest joy.
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Syn: Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy;
decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous.
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