immodest
[ih-mod-ist]
- not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- not modest in assertion or pretension; forward; impudent.
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Origin of immodest
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Related Words for immodest
bawdy, bold, brazen, coarse, depraved, forward, indecent, lewd, obscene, unseemly, unchaste, revealing, unashamedExamples from the Web for immodest
Contemporary Examples of immodest
Initially, studios rejected the idea of adapting Bond for the screen not on account of his immodest sexuality, not is bloodlust.
Historical Examples of immodest
Everything even yet looks so immodest on those vast stretches.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
The sense in which it is misused is that of immodest, indecent.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
It was easy for her to believe that she had been immodest and forward in her solicitude.
Oh, You Tex!William Macleod Raine
I think you're the most immodest—I'm ashamed that you're my daughter.
A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
immodest
- indecent, esp with regard to sexual propriety; improper
- bold, impudent, or shameless
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