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Webster 1913 Edition
Immodest
Im-mod′est
,Adj.
1.
Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
2.
Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd;
as,
immodest
persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
Syn. – Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
Webster 1828 Edition
Immodest
IMMOD'EST
,Adj.
1.
Literally, not limited to due bounds. Hence, in a general sense, immoderate; exorbitant, unreasonable; arrogant.2.
Appropriately, wanting in the reserve or restraint which decency requires; wanting in decency and delicacy. It is immodest in decency and delicacy. It is immodest to treat superiors with the familiarity that is customary among equals.3.
Wanting in chastity; unchaste; lewd; as an immodest female.4.
Impure; indelicate; as an immodest thought.5.
Obscene; as an immodest word.Definition 2024
immodest
immodest
English
Adjective
immodest (comparative more immodest, superlative most immodest)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
lacking modesty
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