overmodest

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adjective

Excessively modest.

Similar
coydemuremodest
OriginEnglish modest ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveovermodest (comparative more overmodest, superlative most overmodest)

comparative more overmodest · superlative most overmodest

  1. Excessively modest.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveaffectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

Similar
coydemuremodest
Also see
coydemuremodest

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishmodest
  8. Englishovermodest

From over- + modest.

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Cite this entry
APA

overmodest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmodest

MLA

“overmodest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmodest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmodest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmodest.

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