immodestadj.
/ɪˈmɒdɪst/ Not modest, void of modesty.
1. Void of modesty in self-assertion or pretension; arrogant, forward, impudent.
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the mind > emotion > pride > lack of humility > [adjective]
immodest1570
modestless1605
unhumble1611
unabject1850
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiv/2 Immodest, immodestus.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 126 With this immodest clamorous outrage. View more context for this quotation
1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 24 (note) in Poems I hope this kind of boast..will not seem immodest.
1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. i. vii. 88 This were to subvert the credit of all history; which is so immodest a thing as any sober man would be ashamed of.
1771 N. Nicholls Let. 16 Mar. in T. Gray Corr. (1971) III. 1174 If you think this an immodest request, you may do as much or as little of it as you please.
2. Wanting a due sense of decorum or decency; improper, indelicate, indecent, lewd, unchaste.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > immodest
impudentc1386
petulant1538
unmodest1565
immodest1590
Jezebelical1625
Jezebelish1645
impudicous1657
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R7 A foe of folly and immodest toy.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 70 To gaine the language: Tis needfull that the most immodest word, Be lookt vpon and learnt. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 196 Tis so made to open, that as they goe along, the least aire giues all to all mens immodest veiwes.
1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. ii. 67 I have heard his Father..make him speak lewd Words, and sing immodest Songs.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 92 Whate'er of such lawless idleness and immodest folly hath defiled the land.
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