immodesty
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6.8
- noun
- /ɪˈmɒdɪsti/
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- The speaker's immodesty turned some listeners off as he only focused on his own successes.
- characteristic immodesty
- fear of immodesty
Examples
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(At the risk of immodesty, let me note that people with disabilities are daring simply by insisting on the right to define life for themselves.)
Fiction book (2001) -
So I was persuaded that my initial fear of immodesty was misguided.
Academic text (2009) -
Self-indulgence and gross immodesty are rampant.
Academic text (1991) -
The reason was a fear of immodesty, born of the injunction that WASPs shouldn't "make a show" of themselves.
Academic text (2009) -
There also might be an interpretation of a certain boldness or immodesty among those higher in humor creativity: they are willing to walk closer to the edge of propriety.
Academic text (2006) -
Players advanced by landing on spaces such as piety, honesty, and humility, and regressed when landing on vices such as cruelty, immodesty, and ingratitude.
Blog text (7) -
His immodesty was evident when he boasted about his achievements at the party.
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She showed immodesty when she insisted on being the center of attention during the meeting.
Synonyms
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5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
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8.1
Being too interested in yourself and your looks or skills
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6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
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7.7
A way of acting like you are very important that annoys other people
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7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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9.9
Too much pride in your successes or looks that makes you show off
Being too proud of your appearance or abilities
Thinking you are much better or more important than other people
A way of behaving that shows off wealth or style to impress others
Antonyms
How Modest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immodesty comes from the prefix im- meaning 'not' and modest from an old Latin word meaning 'moderate' or 'measured', like the familiar word moderate. So immodesty is 'not moderate', meaning showing too much pride or boasting.