Definitions for: Immodest


[adj] offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
[adj] having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"



Webster (1913) Definition: Im*mod"est, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus
immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.]
1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.

2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which
decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate;
obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words,
pictures, etc.

Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we
proscribe the least immodest thought. --Dryden.

Syn: Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent;
indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.

Synonyms: important, indecent, overweening, uppity

Antonyms: modest

See Also: disrespectful, domineering, proud

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