modesty
/ˈmɒd.ə.sti/
modesty noun: the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
Noun
modesty (usually uncountable, plural modesties)
- The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- humility
- Moderate behaviour; reserve.
- Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.
- ... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on...1871, Sher Ali Afsos, translated by Henry Court, The Araish-i-Mahfil, or, The Ornament of the Assembly, page 31
modesty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
modesty in Hindi
- quality of being modest
- विनम्रता vinamratā, नम्रता namratā
- moderate behaviour; reserve
- विनय vinay, शील śīl
modesty in Tamil
- மானம், தன்மானம், அடக்கம்
modesty in Urdu
- quality of being modest
- حَیا hayā, لاج lāj, آبْرُو ābrū
- moderate behaviour; reserve
- شَرْم śarm
- pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
- لاج lāj
modesty in Bengali
- modesty, shame, shyness, bashfulness
- হায়া haẏa
- modesty; privacy, privateness
- পর্দা porda
More languagesFewer languages
- modesty in Telugu
- అడకువ aḍakuva
- modesty in Malayalam
- ശാലീനം śālīnaṁ
- modesty in Kannada
- ಲಜ್ಜೆ lajje
- modesty in Punjabi
- لیہہ līh
- modesty in Gujarati
- પરદો pardo
- modesty in Odia
- ଶରମ śarama
- modesty in Sanskrit
- ह्री hrī́
- modesty in Arabic
- تَوَاضُع tawāḍuʕ, حِشْمَة ḥišma
- modesty in Persian
- آزرم âzarm
- modesty in Thai
- ความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตน kwaam òn nóm tòm dton
Examples of modesty in a sentence
- In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.
- Although having a large ego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due rather than display false modesty.
- Not any more burdened by modesty than you used to be, I perceive, young lady.
Synonyms of modesty
Antonyms
Forms of modesty
| plural | modesties |
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Origin of modesty
Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.
Words formed from modesty
Phrases with modesty
Questions about modesty
- What does modesty mean?
- Modesty means the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- What is modesty in Hindi?
- Modesty in Hindi is विनम्रता (vinamratā), नम्रता (namratā), विनय (vinay). See Modesty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is modesty?
- Modesty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce modesty?
- Modesty is pronounced /ˈmɒd.ə.sti/.
- What is the plural of modesty?
- The plural of modesty is modesties.
Words near modesty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: modesty (page history and authors); modesty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পর্দা (Bengali) (page history and authors); అడకువ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ശാലീനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಲಜ್ಜೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); لیہہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પરદો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଶରମ (Odia) (page history and authors); ह्री (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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