Modest is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MODEST in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• unassuming
• (of an amount, rate, or level) relatively moderate, limited, or small
• not large, elaborate, or expensive
• (of a woman) dressing or behaving so as to avoid impropriety or indecency, especially to avoid attracting sexual attention
• not vain or boastful
• Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one\'s self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
• Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.
• Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
• marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
• not large but sufficient in size or amount
• free from pomp or affectation
• not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
• low or inferior in station or quality
• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
• limited in size or scope
• unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements
• (of clothing) not revealing or emphasizing a person's figure
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• having a moderate regard for oneself

Words related to MODEST

maidenly14 modester11 modestest12 modestly14

Words that contain MODEST

modesty13 immodest13 modester11 modestly14 immodesty17 modestest12 modesties12 immodestly18 overmodest16 immodester15 immodesties16 immodestest16 overmodesty20 overmodestly21 overmodesties19

How to use MODEST in a sentence

• The Trojan captain had been wise enough to see the advantage of the Kingston forward fall, and he was not too modest to adopt it.
• He will not grudge me this part of my reputation, he will prefer letting me be thought wise by you to being thought modest himself.
• Now I found a man who was going to buy my property, but suddenly his wife decided that they would get along with a more modest outfit.
• When he had made his proposal, he waited in a modest attitude to hear their views of it.
• The statue of Peace represents a mild and modest maiden, holding out an olive branch in one hand and the full horn of peaceful blessings in the other.
• The child accompanying them is her sister, and that fine, manly, well-built, handsome youth is even now pledged to the modest and beautiful girl.
• She was very healthy and powerful, very ignorant, and very modest.
• My ancestors were modest, or perhaps they assumed that virtue.
• He had always liked the Florentine for his manly, modest bearing, his sturdy good sense, his industry, patience, erudition, and eminent abilities in general.
• She must be simple in her manners, modest in her deportment, and kind in her ways.
• Content with a modest stipend, they consecrate their days and nights to the execution of important duties and the devising of methods to insure the progress of the people.
• Some of the picture-places are among the most modest.
• No one so heartily rejoiced at the success of others, no one was so modest in her own triumphs.
• Bridget took her modest dinner, and then sat by the window, looking out over a lonely expanse of sand, towards a moonlit sea.
• In 1863 he joined a fellow clerk in establishing a modest business concern, the firm being known as A.
• In later years he often wondered how a single room of modest proportions could hold so much of furniture and of life.
• The modest little parsonage stood on a steep incline, the upper side resting on the red gravelly earth, while the lower side was raised three or four feet from the ground.
• Her face tells me that she is modest, pure, amiable, and refined.
• The worthy priest evidently did not relish music, and the modest damsel never raised her eyes from the ground.

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