2 meanings
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1 —as in:
immodest as it sounds
Definition
vain or conceited (an exaggerated opinion of self-confidence or importance)- I hope I don't sound immodest, but I am very good at my work.
immodest = vain or conceited
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I hope I don't sound immodest, but I'm a better leader than she is.
- We call this land of ours Great— Britain, and there may be those who believe this a somewhat immodest practice.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- Cabbage basked in his son's fame, but Kathryn—closer to her son in temperament—worried about appearing immodest.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
immodest = vain or conceited
immodest = vain or conceited
2 —as in:
immodest dress
Definition
considered improper — especially too sexually suggestive which is typically said of clothing- She was sent home from school for dressing too immodestly.
immodestly = in a sexually suggestive manner
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Her parents were embarrassed by her suggestive attire and immodest dancing.
- She was embarrassed by his immodest dancing.
- She encouraged women to adopt the "bloomer," a baggy-legged pant worn beneath a knee-length skirt that would not in any way be considered immodest today.Meg Cabot -- Queen of Babble
- Mother listened for a moment, chewing her lip, then threw her hands in the air and said that she'd had no idea the costume would be so immodest.Tara Westover -- Educated
- They weren't, not technically, but I knew why I wanted them—for my body, so it would be noticed—and that seemed immodest even if the clothes were not.Tara Westover -- Educated
- I took them off immediately, feeling that somehow they were immodest.Tara Westover -- Educated
- It was, he submitted, too short, too low, too immodestly thin, and much too expensive.Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt
- It claimed to teach dance, but instead it taught immodesty, promiscuity.Tara Westover -- Educated
- It offended him both as a lawyer and as a lover of the sane and customary sides of life, to whom the fanciful was the immodest.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
immodest = sexually suggestive
immodest = sexually suggestive
immodest = sexually suggestive
immodest = improperly sexually suggestive
immodest = improper
immodest = improperly sexually suggestive
immodestly = improperly
immodesty = improper sexually suggestive behavior
immodest = improper
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