immodest
not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
not modest in assertion or pretension; forward; impudent.
Origin of immodest
1Other words for immodest
Other words from immodest
- im·mod·est·ly, adverb
- im·mod·es·ty, noun
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How to use immodest in a sentence
The clean soldiers are too polite to tell you how you smell to them, but their faces reveal the immodesty of it.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe believes this immodesty hurts women, and proves the university has lost any mission it once had.
Yale Classmates Say Nathan Harden Gets Yale and Sex All Wrong | Kathryn Olivarius, Claire Gordon | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTImmodesty in the minds of many people definitely connotes that which pleases the eyes and the senses.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneChateau of Beaurepaire—nest of treason, ingratitude, and immodesty—I loathe you as much as once I loved you.
White Lies | Charles ReadeThe Priscillianists were accused, like the Manichans, of obscene doctrines, of religious nakedness and immodesty.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for immodest
/ (ɪˈmɒdɪst) /
indecent, esp with regard to sexual propriety; improper
bold, impudent, or shameless
Derived forms of immodest
- immodestly, adverb
- immodesty, noun
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