MODEST


Meaning of MODEST in English

adj. 25B6; adjective

she was modest about her poetry : SELF-EFFACING, self-deprecating, humble, unpretentious, unassuming, unostentatious; shy, bashful, self-conscious, diffident, reserved, reticent, coy.

modest success : MODERATE, fair, limited, tolerable, passable, adequate, satisfactory, acceptable, unexceptional.

a modest house : SMALL, ordinary, simple, plain, humble, inexpensive, unostentatious, unpretentious.

her modest dress : DECOROUS, decent, seemly, demure, proper.

conceited, great, grand.

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