| 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 |
| Main Entry: | priggishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prudishness |
Synonyms: |
pretentiousness, prudery, puritanism, snobbery |
| Main Entry: | stiffness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflexibility |
Synonyms: |
constraint, firmness, formality, precision, prudery, rigidity, rigor, tension |
Antonyms: |
ease, flaccidity, flexibility, informality, limpness, pliability, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | humbleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, lowliness, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-efface |
| Main Entry: | lowliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
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 |
| Main Entry: | self-effacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
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, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | humbleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
abashed, affable, ashamed, bowed down, brow, condescending, crestfallen, dashed, down in the mouth, down on one's knees, down on one's marrow, flabbergasted, hontous, humble, humble, humbled, humbled in the dust, lowly, meek, modest, out of countenance, resigned, servile, shorn of one's glory, sober, unoffended, verecund
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| Concept: | Modesty. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-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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