Lexic.us

Definition of Immodest

1. Adjective. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc. "Brash immodest boasting"

2. Adjective. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance.

Definition of Immodest

1. a. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.

Definition of Immodest

1. Adjective. Lacking in modesty; shameless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Immodest

1. not modest [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immodest

immobilizer immobilizers immobilizes immobilizing immobilizing antibody immobilon immoble immoderacies immoderacy immoderancy

immoderate immoderately immoderateness immoderation immoderations immodest (current term) immodesties immodestly immodesty immolate

immolated immolates immolating immolation immolations immolator immolators immoment immomentous immoral

Literary usage of Immodest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"immodest, v. Indecent. immodest, IMPUDENT, SHAMELESS. immodest is less than either impudent or shameless : an immodest girl lays aside the ornament of her ..."

2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Disenssions of the Right and the by Thomas Embley Osmun (1909)
"... things they are called upon to do in the ordinary routine of daily life, the sooner they will cease to set a very bad example. Indecent. See immodest. ..."

3. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"INDECENT, immodest, INDELICATE. ... of decent (see BECOMING), immodest the contrary of modest (see MODEST), indelicate the ..."

4. English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from by George Crabb (1854)
"A (terson mny be indecent for want of either knowing or thinking better; but a female cannot be habitually immodest without radical corruption of principle. ..."

5. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"They excel in ivory carving, but are poor, filthy, and immodest. ... and inhabit St. Lawrence Island ; the most immodest and filthy of ..."

6. The Life and Times of C. G. Memminger by Henry Dickson Capers, Union State Rights Party South Carolina (1893)
"... but there was not in those days the immodest pressure brought to bear which, we are informed, is the most disagreeable feature of the public service at ..."

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