| Main Entry: | modesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
arrogance, boldness, braveness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-confidence |
| Concept: | Modesty. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-nouns
modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition; unobtrusiveness; bashfulness; mauvaise honte; blush, blushing; verecundity; self-knowledge., reserve, constraint; demureness; "blushing honors" [Henry VIII].
-verbs
be modest; retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns [more]; hide one's face., keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way, "do good by stealth and blush to find it fame" [Pope], hide one's light under a bushel, cast a sheep's eye.
-adjectives
modest, diffident; humble; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest., unpretending, unpretentious; unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful, unaspiring; poor in spirit., out of countenance (humbled)., reserved, constrained, demure.
-adverbs
humbly; quietly, privately; without ceremony, without beat of drum; sans façon.
-phrases
"not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty" [Romeo and Juliet]; "thy modesty's a candle to thy merit" [Fielding].
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Antonyms: |
vanity |
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| Main Entry: | chastity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celibacy, purity |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, decency, demureness, devotion, honor, immaculacy, innocence, integrity, modesty, monogamy, morality, naiveté, restraint, singleness, sinlessness, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity, virtue |
Antonyms: |
dirtiness, fornication |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, diffidence, embarrassment, hang-up, humility, inhibition, modesty, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, timidity |
Antonyms: |
aggression |
| Main Entry: | decency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respectable behavior |
Synonyms: |
appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, fittingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, propriety, respectability, righteousness, seemliness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
immodesty, immorality, impropriety, indecency, obsceneness, obscenity |
| Main Entry: | diffidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hesitancy; lack of confidence |
Synonyms: |
backwardness, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, mousiness, reluctance, reserve, self-consciousness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness |
Antonyms: |
boldness, confidence |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
Synonyms: |
character, chastity, courage, decency, fairness, goodness, honestness, honesty, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morality, morals, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue |
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blemish, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, stigma |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
Synonyms: |
accepted conduct, amenities, breeding, civilities, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, good behavior, good form, modesty, mores*, niceties, politeness, politesse, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
Antonyms: |
friendliness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | resignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endurance, passivity |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, acquiescence, compliance, conformity, deference, docility, forbearing, fortitude, humbleness, humility, longanimity, lowliness, meekness, modesty, nonresistance, patience, patientness, resignedness, submission, submissiveness, sufferance |
Antonyms: |
impatience, intolerance, resistance |