Synonyms for immodest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-mod-ist
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒd ɪst

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Définition of immodest

Origin :
  • 1560s, "arrogant, impudent, pretentious," from Latin immodestus "unrestrained, excessive," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + modestus (see modest). Meaning "indecent" is from 1580s. Related: immodestly.
  • adj shameless
Example sentences :
  • Everything even yet looks so immodest on those vast stretches.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The sense in which it is misused is that of immodest, indecent.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • It was easy for her to believe that she had been immodest and forward in her solicitude.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • I think you're the most immodest—I'm ashamed that you're my daughter.
  • Extract from : « A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • I hope I am not immodest in saying that I think I have, in some degree, done this.
  • Extract from : « Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements » by Various
  • She instituted that immodest "The" with her own hand; she did not wait for somebody else to think of it.
  • Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • My proposition would be immodest if it concealed any afterthought.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur de Camors, Complete » by Octave Feuillet
  • The innocence and nakedness are resumed—they are neither modest nor immodest.
  • Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various
  • So we do not say inmodest and inpartial, but immodest and impartial.
  • Extract from : « Plain English » by Marian Wharton

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