Definition of immodest in English:

immodest

adjective ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ(m)ˈmɑdəst

Lacking humility or decency.
his immodest personality
TV shows full of immodest language
Example sentencesExamples
- The answer must be that this is a dress not seen as ‘Western’ or immodest, and yet a dress that allows one to go to school or college, and to participate in the work force.
- Without sounding immodest, I have no trouble meeting men because I am quite regularly described as ‘a real looker’ and ‘easy on the eyes.’
- ‘At the risk of sounding immodest, I know that any history of Tamil cinema will be incomplete without at least a few chapters on my work,’ he asserts.
- I wrote briefly about her execution and my editor sent it back asking for more, but - though it sounds immodest - I think I've got that moment perfectly.
- Don't worry - I don't think you need to worry about being immodest.
- Mine is an immodest, but by no means facetious, proposal.
- It seemed like an immodest thing to admit, but I thought, ‘Maybe he's right.’
- Without being immodest, I have not played a single show where I didn't get close to a standing ovation.
- If you know anything at all about the tastes of the tsars - think of the Fabergé eggs and you're there - you will understand already how spectacularly immodest the factory's output was.
- This was a reaction to the growing diffusion of wigs which attracted attention, and were considered immodest or brazen in both communities.
- I know there are many who will disagree, who will say these bare-bellied women are shameless and immodest, but I cannot agree.
- This is a particularly noticeable thing about baboons, or perhaps it is what humans cannot avoid noticing - being so well trained to look down upon such immodest displays.
- At the same time without being immodest, I would say we are the original reformers and nobody can take that away from us.
- There's an immodest bather, drunkards, a glutton (whose stomach does his talking for him), a fool, a woman, a monk, three choristers and a nun - all with a particular story to impart.
- Let there be everywhere heard the rustling of dancers, the loud, immodest laughter of the theatre; let a succession of the most cruel and the most voluptuous pleasures maintain a perpetual excitement.
- The standard condemnation of people who use ‘I’ too much is that they're too egocentric or immodest.
- I worry more than most people about sounding immodest, but in this case, I'm not going to let that bother me, because I feel that we created a template that showed a lot of Hollywood what could be done.
- They were dressed no differently from youngsters on the town during Spring break in Daytona Beach: casual slovenliness, shorts, short-shorts, t-shirts, highly immodest tops on the girls.
- Her act describes her rejection by strings of men for being too talkative and immodest, for her unwillingness to commit to caring for a potential husband's ailing mother, and, worst of all, for being a comedian.
- In Victorian England, the sight of an ankle was immodest.
Synonyms
indecorous, improper, indecent, indelicate, indiscreet, immoral

Derivatives

immodestly

adverb ɪˈmɒdɪstliɪ(m)ˈmɑdəstli

‘My game was fantastic,’ he confirmed, albeit immodestly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Out on the moors, nature was immodestly ripe, and I was riding the owner's own magnificent animal - Rex, a chestnut part-Arab with an insatiable curiosity in everyone and everything.
- Among other things, she dresses immodestly, drinks alcohol, and has a close relationship with a man who isn't her husband.
- Although visually impressive, it turns out to be an entirely static affair, which fails to hold the attention of most of the massed ranks of gawking, immodestly dressed non-believers.
- So for that reader - or even, he says hopefully, those readers (yes, I am immodestly speaking in the plural) - I wish to pass on the following tantalising and incredibly personal detail.

immodesty

noun ɪˈmɒdɪsti

mass noun

Lack of humility or decency.
he had the immodesty to say that his way is the only way
Example sentencesExamples
- Their philistine immodesty did not stop there, though.
- ‘Being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men,’ he tells Harry with uncharacteristic immodesty, ‘my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.’
- Does it prohibit drinking of alcohol, dancing, prostitution, beauty contests and fashion shows, female immodesty in any form, exhibition of films, even television?

Origin

Late 16th century: from French immodeste or Latin immodestus, from in- 'not' + modestus (see modest).

Rhymes

modest

Definition of immodest in US English:

immodest

adjectiveɪ(m)ˈmɑdəsti(m)ˈmädəst

Lacking humility or decency.
his immodest personality
TV shows full of immodest language
Example sentencesExamples
- There's an immodest bather, drunkards, a glutton (whose stomach does his talking for him), a fool, a woman, a monk, three choristers and a nun - all with a particular story to impart.
- I know there are many who will disagree, who will say these bare-bellied women are shameless and immodest, but I cannot agree.
- At the same time without being immodest, I would say we are the original reformers and nobody can take that away from us.
- Without being immodest, I have not played a single show where I didn't get close to a standing ovation.
- I worry more than most people about sounding immodest, but in this case, I'm not going to let that bother me, because I feel that we created a template that showed a lot of Hollywood what could be done.
- They were dressed no differently from youngsters on the town during Spring break in Daytona Beach: casual slovenliness, shorts, short-shorts, t-shirts, highly immodest tops on the girls.
- This is a particularly noticeable thing about baboons, or perhaps it is what humans cannot avoid noticing - being so well trained to look down upon such immodest displays.
- Without sounding immodest, I have no trouble meeting men because I am quite regularly described as ‘a real looker’ and ‘easy on the eyes.’
- It seemed like an immodest thing to admit, but I thought, ‘Maybe he's right.’
- The standard condemnation of people who use ‘I’ too much is that they're too egocentric or immodest.
- ‘At the risk of sounding immodest, I know that any history of Tamil cinema will be incomplete without at least a few chapters on my work,’ he asserts.
- In Victorian England, the sight of an ankle was immodest.
- The answer must be that this is a dress not seen as ‘Western’ or immodest, and yet a dress that allows one to go to school or college, and to participate in the work force.
- Don't worry - I don't think you need to worry about being immodest.
- I wrote briefly about her execution and my editor sent it back asking for more, but - though it sounds immodest - I think I've got that moment perfectly.
- Let there be everywhere heard the rustling of dancers, the loud, immodest laughter of the theatre; let a succession of the most cruel and the most voluptuous pleasures maintain a perpetual excitement.
- Her act describes her rejection by strings of men for being too talkative and immodest, for her unwillingness to commit to caring for a potential husband's ailing mother, and, worst of all, for being a comedian.
- This was a reaction to the growing diffusion of wigs which attracted attention, and were considered immodest or brazen in both communities.
- If you know anything at all about the tastes of the tsars - think of the Fabergé eggs and you're there - you will understand already how spectacularly immodest the factory's output was.
- Mine is an immodest, but by no means facetious, proposal.
Synonyms
indecorous, improper, indecent, indelicate, indiscreet, immoral

Origin

Late 16th century: from French immodeste or Latin immodestus, from in- ‘not’ + modestus (see modest).

单词	immodest
释义	Definition of immodest in English: immodest adjective ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ(m)ˈmɑdəst Lacking humility or decency. his immodest personality TV shows full of immodest language Example sentencesExamples The answer must be that this is a dress not seen as ‘Western’ or immodest, and yet a dress that allows one to go to school or college, and to participate in the work force. Without sounding immodest, I have no trouble meeting men because I am quite regularly described as ‘a real looker’ and ‘easy on the eyes.’ ‘At the risk of sounding immodest, I know that any history of Tamil cinema will be incomplete without at least a few chapters on my work,’ he asserts. I wrote briefly about her execution and my editor sent it back asking for more, but - though it sounds immodest - I think I've got that moment perfectly. Don't worry - I don't think you need to worry about being immodest. Mine is an immodest, but by no means facetious, proposal. It seemed like an immodest thing to admit, but I thought, ‘Maybe he's right.’ Without being immodest, I have not played a single show where I didn't get close to a standing ovation. If you know anything at all about the tastes of the tsars - think of the Fabergé eggs and you're there - you will understand already how spectacularly immodest the factory's output was. This was a reaction to the growing diffusion of wigs which attracted attention, and were considered immodest or brazen in both communities. I know there are many who will disagree, who will say these bare-bellied women are shameless and immodest, but I cannot agree. This is a particularly noticeable thing about baboons, or perhaps it is what humans cannot avoid noticing - being so well trained to look down upon such immodest displays. At the same time without being immodest, I would say we are the original reformers and nobody can take that away from us. There's an immodest bather, drunkards, a glutton (whose stomach does his talking for him), a fool, a woman, a monk, three choristers and a nun - all with a particular story to impart. Let there be everywhere heard the rustling of dancers, the loud, immodest laughter of the theatre; let a succession of the most cruel and the most voluptuous pleasures maintain a perpetual excitement. The standard condemnation of people who use ‘I’ too much is that they're too egocentric or immodest. I worry more than most people about sounding immodest, but in this case, I'm not going to let that bother me, because I feel that we created a template that showed a lot of Hollywood what could be done. They were dressed no differently from youngsters on the town during Spring break in Daytona Beach: casual slovenliness, shorts, short-shorts, t-shirts, highly immodest tops on the girls. Her act describes her rejection by strings of men for being too talkative and immodest, for her unwillingness to commit to caring for a potential husband's ailing mother, and, worst of all, for being a comedian. In Victorian England, the sight of an ankle was immodest. Synonyms indecorous, improper, indecent, indelicate, indiscreet, immoral Derivatives immodestly adverb ɪˈmɒdɪstliɪ(m)ˈmɑdəstli ‘My game was fantastic,’ he confirmed, albeit immodestly. Example sentencesExamples Out on the moors, nature was immodestly ripe, and I was riding the owner's own magnificent animal - Rex, a chestnut part-Arab with an insatiable curiosity in everyone and everything. Among other things, she dresses immodestly, drinks alcohol, and has a close relationship with a man who isn't her husband. Although visually impressive, it turns out to be an entirely static affair, which fails to hold the attention of most of the massed ranks of gawking, immodestly dressed non-believers. So for that reader - or even, he says hopefully, those readers (yes, I am immodestly speaking in the plural) - I wish to pass on the following tantalising and incredibly personal detail. immodesty noun ɪˈmɒdɪsti mass noun Lack of humility or decency. he had the immodesty to say that his way is the only way Example sentencesExamples Their philistine immodesty did not stop there, though. ‘Being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men,’ he tells Harry with uncharacteristic immodesty, ‘my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.’ Does it prohibit drinking of alcohol, dancing, prostitution, beauty contests and fashion shows, female immodesty in any form, exhibition of films, even television? Origin Late 16th century: from French immodeste or Latin immodestus, from in- 'not' + modestus (see modest). Rhymes modest Definition of immodest in US English: immodest adjectiveɪ(m)ˈmɑdəsti(m)ˈmädəst Lacking humility or decency. his immodest personality TV shows full of immodest language Example sentencesExamples There's an immodest bather, drunkards, a glutton (whose stomach does his talking for him), a fool, a woman, a monk, three choristers and a nun - all with a particular story to impart. I know there are many who will disagree, who will say these bare-bellied women are shameless and immodest, but I cannot agree. At the same time without being immodest, I would say we are the original reformers and nobody can take that away from us. Without being immodest, I have not played a single show where I didn't get close to a standing ovation. I worry more than most people about sounding immodest, but in this case, I'm not going to let that bother me, because I feel that we created a template that showed a lot of Hollywood what could be done. They were dressed no differently from youngsters on the town during Spring break in Daytona Beach: casual slovenliness, shorts, short-shorts, t-shirts, highly immodest tops on the girls. This is a particularly noticeable thing about baboons, or perhaps it is what humans cannot avoid noticing - being so well trained to look down upon such immodest displays. Without sounding immodest, I have no trouble meeting men because I am quite regularly described as ‘a real looker’ and ‘easy on the eyes.’ It seemed like an immodest thing to admit, but I thought, ‘Maybe he's right.’ The standard condemnation of people who use ‘I’ too much is that they're too egocentric or immodest. ‘At the risk of sounding immodest, I know that any history of Tamil cinema will be incomplete without at least a few chapters on my work,’ he asserts. In Victorian England, the sight of an ankle was immodest. The answer must be that this is a dress not seen as ‘Western’ or immodest, and yet a dress that allows one to go to school or college, and to participate in the work force. Don't worry - I don't think you need to worry about being immodest. I wrote briefly about her execution and my editor sent it back asking for more, but - though it sounds immodest - I think I've got that moment perfectly. Let there be everywhere heard the rustling of dancers, the loud, immodest laughter of the theatre; let a succession of the most cruel and the most voluptuous pleasures maintain a perpetual excitement. Her act describes her rejection by strings of men for being too talkative and immodest, for her unwillingness to commit to caring for a potential husband's ailing mother, and, worst of all, for being a comedian. This was a reaction to the growing diffusion of wigs which attracted attention, and were considered immodest or brazen in both communities. If you know anything at all about the tastes of the tsars - think of the Fabergé eggs and you're there - you will understand already how spectacularly immodest the factory's output was. Mine is an immodest, but by no means facetious, proposal. Synonyms indecorous, improper, indecent, indelicate, indiscreet, immoral Origin Late 16th century: from French immodeste or Latin immodestus, from in- ‘not’ + modestus (see modest).
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