Immodest
[ɪ'mɒdɪst] or [ɪ'mɑdɪst]
Definition
(adj.) offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance .
(adj.) having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; 'brash immodest boasting' .
Edited by Janet--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
(a.) Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Indelicate, indecent, shameless, indecorous, gross, coarse.[2]. Impure, obscene, smutty, lewd, unchaste, filthy.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Indecent, shameful, impudent, indecorous
ANT:Modest, decorous, becoming, proper,[See ABASH]
Edited by Ben
Definition
adj. wanting restraint: impudent: forward: wanting shame or delicacy.—adv. Immod′estly.—n. Immod′esty want of modesty.
Checked by Gardner
Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others.
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Examples
- The Duke of York talks in a very nasty way, said Fred Bentinck, I--I, for my part, hate all immodest conversation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You insinuate that all the frank kindness I have shown you has been a complicated, a bold, and an immodest man?uvre to ensnare a husband. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If you ask why less properly, I must repeat the lines, Immodest words admit of _no defence_, For want of modesty is want of sense. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Immodest words admit _but this defence_, That _want of modesty_ is want of sense. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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