IMMODEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immodest mean? 

• IMMODEST (adjective)
  The adjective IMMODEST has 2 senses:

1. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc

2. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

  Familiarity information: IMMODEST used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMODEST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc

Context example:

brash immodest boasting

Similar:

important (having or suggesting a consciousness of high position)

overweening; uppity (presumptuously arrogant)

Also:

domineering (tending to domineer)

proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)

disrespectful (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous)

Antonym:

modest (marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

Similar:

indecent (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

Also:

indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)

Attribute:

modestness; modesty (freedom from vanity or conceit)

Antonym:

modest (not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

 Context examples 

She stole a glance at Martin, who was busy putting the boat about on the other tack, and she could have hated him for having made her do an immodest and shameful thing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Don't think me immodest in thus talking about our wedding, for really I have my heart, all that I am, at stake.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)