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modest
adjective
1 modest
Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself.
Roget 960:
pure,
undefiled,
modest,
delicate,
decent,
decorous;
virginibus puerisque [Lat.];
simon-pure;
chaste,
continent,
virtuous,
honest,
Platonic.
virgin,
unsullied;
cherry [Coll.].
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Roget 960:
pure,
undefiled,
modest,
delicate,
decent,
decorous;
virginibus puerisque [Lat.];
simon-pure;
chaste,
continent,
virtuous,
honest,
Platonic.
virgin,
unsullied;
cherry [Coll.].
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2 modest
Not large but sufficient in size or amount:
— A modest salary.
— Modest inflation.
synonym: small.
Polish: skromny
3 modest
Free from pomp or affectation.
4 modest
Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance.
5 modest
Low or inferior in station or quality:
— A modest man of the people.
synonyms: humble, low, lowly, small.
Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Roget 879:
humble,
lowly,
meek;
modest
etc.
881;
humble minded,
sober-minded;
unoffended†;
submissive
etc.
725;
servile,
etc.
886.
condescending;
affable
etc.
(courteous)
891.
humbled
etc.
v.;
bowed down,
resigned;
abashed,
ashamed,
dashed;
out of countenance;
down in the mouth;
down on one's knees,
down on one's marrowbones,
down on one's uppers;
humbled in the dust,
browbeaten;
chapfallen†,
crestfallen;
dumfoundered†.
flabbergasted.
shorn of one's glory
etc.
(disrepute)
874.
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Roget 881:
modest,
diffident;
humble
etc.
879;
timid,
timorous,
bashful;
shy,
nervous,
skittish,
coy,
sheepish,
shamefaced,
blushing,
overmodest.
unpretending†,
unpretentious;
unobtrusive,
unassuming,
unostentatious,
unboastful†,
unaspiring;
poor in spirit.
out of countenance
etc.
(humbled)
879.
reserved,
constrained,
demure.
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Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Roget 879:
humble,
lowly,
meek;
modest
etc.
881;
humble minded,
sober-minded;
unoffended†;
submissive
etc.
725;
servile,
etc.
886.
condescending;
affable
etc.
(courteous)
891.
humbled
etc.
v.;
bowed down,
resigned;
abashed,
ashamed,
dashed;
out of countenance;
down in the mouth;
down on one's knees,
down on one's marrowbones,
down on one's uppers;
humbled in the dust,
browbeaten;
chapfallen†,
crestfallen;
dumfoundered†.
flabbergasted.
shorn of one's glory
etc.
(disrepute)
874.
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Roget 881:
modest,
diffident;
humble
etc.
879;
timid,
timorous,
bashful;
shy,
nervous,
skittish,
coy,
sheepish,
shamefaced,
blushing,
overmodest.
unpretending†,
unpretentious;
unobtrusive,
unassuming,
unostentatious,
unboastful†,
unaspiring;
poor in spirit.
out of countenance
etc.
(humbled)
879.
reserved,
constrained,
demure.
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6 modest
Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
synonyms: meek, mild.
7 modest
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