Hypertext Webster Gateway: "immodest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Immodest \Im*mod"est\, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus
immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See {Modest}.]
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.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we
proscribe the least immodest thought. --Dryden.
Syn: Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent;
indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
immodest
adj 1: having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance,
ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting" [ant: {modest}]
2: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
[ant: {modest}]
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