modesty
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modesty
- /ˈmɒd.ə.sti/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.
noun modesties
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The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Similar: humility
- Moderate behaviour; reserve.
- Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness. ... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on
Opposite: impudence, extravagance, arrogance, immodesty
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reserve, humility, pudicity, modest, shame, humble, moderation, assault, decency, modeste, bashfulness, self-effacement, unpretentiousness, demureness, restraint, decorum
noun
Opposite: impudence, extravagance, arrogance, immodesty
Translations
Every language
noun quality of being modest
| Español | modestia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 謙遜 |
| 中文 | 謙虛 /谦虚 qiānxū |
| हिन्दी | विनम्रता vinamratā, नम्रता namratā |
| Português | modéstia |
| Français | modestie |
| Deutsch | Bescheidenheit |
| Italiano | modestia |
| Ελληνικά | μετριοφροσύνη metriofrosýni |
| Română | modestie |
| Русский | скро́мность skrómnostʹ, сде́ржанность sdéržannostʹ |
| العربية | تَوَاضُع tawāḍuʕ |
noun moderate behaviour; reserve
| Español | modestia |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | विनय vinay, शील śīl |
| Ελληνικά | μετριοπάθεια metriopátheia |
| Română | rezervă |
| Русский | скро́мность skrómnostʹ, сде́ржанность sdéržannostʹ, благопристо́йность blagopristójnostʹ |
noun pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
| Español | pudor |
|---|---|
| Français | pudeur |
| Deutsch | Sittsamkeit |
| Ελληνικά | ταπεινότητα tapeinótita, σεμνότητα semnótita |
| Română | castitate, puritate |
| Русский | скро́мность skrómnostʹ, целому́дрие celomúdrije, засте́нчивость zasténčivostʹ, стыдли́вость stydlívostʹ |
| العربية | حِشْمَة ḥišma |
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