modest

comparative more modest · comparative modester · superlative most modest · superlative modestest

1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

   Synonyms: demure, meek, abased, demure, diffident, humble, humble-hearted, low · Antonyms: arrogant, immodest, airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed

2. Small, moderate in size.

   He earns a modest amount of money.

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   Her latest novel was a modest success.

   Synonyms: moderate, tiny, average, intermediate, middle, middling, mild, medium · Antonyms: immodest, obscene, ample, big, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable

3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

   modest thoughts or language

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   ... Enough is vs to praise them that praise thee, / And say that but enough those praises bee, Which had'st thou liu'd, had hid their fearefull head / From th'angry checkings of thy modest red ...

   1611, Joseph Hall, To the Praise of the Dead, and the Anatomy, lines 21-24

   Synonyms: chaste, demure, prudish, virginal · Antonyms: immodest, obscene, adult, bawdy, blue, cheeky, dirty, indecent

4. especiallyIntending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

   Synonyms: austere, chaste, austere, bare, chaste, inornate, plain, quiet · Antonyms: provocative, sexy, sensual, flamboyant, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable