immodest

[ ih-mod-ist ]

/ ɪˈmɒd ɪst /

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adjective

not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.

not modest in assertion or pretension; forward; impudent.

Words nearby immodest

immobility, immobilize, immoderacy, immoderate, immoderation, immodest, immokalee, immolate, immolation, immoral, immoralism

Origin of immodest

First recorded in 1560–70, immodest is from the Latin word immodestus unrestrained, immoderate. See im-², modest

SYNONYMS FOR immodest

2 vain, exaggerated, inflated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM immodest

im·mod·est·ly, adverbim·mod·es·ty, noun

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Examples from the Web for immodest

Initially, studios rejected the idea of adapting Bond for the screen not on account of his immodest sexuality, not is bloodlust.
Has Bond Lost His Balls?|Matthew Oshinsky|November 3, 2008|DAILY BEAST
They thought us the most immodest women on the face of the earth.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897|Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The work that was assigned to him he did as well as he could; but he had little art to recommend himself in immodest ways.
Ulysses S. Grant|Walter Allen
When men in their pages have been described as dishonest and women as immodest, have they not ever been punished?
An Autobiography|Anthony Trollope

Not that they are immodest, but that they go about with scarcely any clothes, which seems quite all right to them.
Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds|William La Varre
The costumes of actresses are often immodest, and many of these women are immoral in character.
What a Young Woman Ought to Know|Mary Wood-Allen

British Dictionary definitions for immodest

immodest

/ (ɪˈmɒdɪst) /

adjective

indecent, esp with regard to sexual propriety; improper

bold, impudent, or shameless

Derived forms of immodest

immodestly, adverbimmodesty, noun

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immodest

adjective

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Origin of immodest

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adjective

Derived forms of immodest