im ‧ mod ‧ est /ɪˈmɒdəst, ɪˈmɒdɪst $ ɪˈmɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . having a very high opinion of yourself and your abilities, and not embarrassed about telling people how clever you are OPP modest :
Webb was an immodest publicist of his own achievements.
2 . clothes that are immodest show too much of someone’s body SYN revealing OPP modest
3 . old-fashioned behaviour that is immodest shocks or embarrasses people:
They thought it was immodest for both sexes to swim together.
—immodestly adverb
—immodesty noun [uncountable]