modesty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɑd.ə.sti/

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Etymology

From modest + -y.

Noun

Wikipedia modesty (usually uncountable; plural modesties)

1. The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
2. Moderate behaviour; reserve.
3. (specifically) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Derived terms

• false modesty

Related terms

• modestly

Antonyms

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• immodesty
• extravagance
• impudence

Translations

the quality of being modest

• Armenian: համեստություն (hy) (hamestut’yun)
• Czech: skromnost (cs) f
• Dutch: bescheidenheid (nl)
• Esperanto: modesteco (eo)
• Finnish: vaatimattomuus (fi)
• French: modestie (fr) f
• German: Bescheidenheit (de) f
• Greek: μετριοφροσύνη (el) (metriofrosýni) f

• Polish: skromność (pl) f
• Portuguese: modéstia (pt) f
• Romanian: modestie (ro) f
• Russian: скромность (ru) (skrómnostʹ) f, сдержанность (ru) (sdéržannostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скро̏мно̄ст (sh) f

  Roman: skrȍmnōst (sh) f

• Slovene: skromnost (sl)

moderate behaviour; reserve

• Armenian: համեստություն (hy) (hamestut’yun)
• Dutch: gereserveerdheid (nl), schroom (nl)
• Finnish: vaatimattomuus (fi)
• Greek: μετριοπάθεια (el) (metriopáθia) f
• Polish: skromność (pl) f
• Romanian: rezervă (ro) f

• Russian: скромность (ru) (skrómnostʹ) f, сдержанность (ru) (sdéržannostʹ) f, благопристойность (ru) (blagopristójnostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скро̏мно̄ст (sh) f

  Roman: skrȍmnōst (sh) f

pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness

• Esperanto: seksmodesteco (eo)
• Finnish: säädyllisyys (fi), häveliäisyys (fi), kainous (fi), siveys (fi)
• Greek: ταπεινότητα (el) (tapinótita) f, σεμνότητα (el) (semnótita) f
• Polish: skromność (pl) f
• Romanian: castitate (ro) f, puritate (ro) f

• Russian: скромность (ru) (skrómnostʹ) f, целомудрие (ru) (celomúdrije) n, застенчивость (ru) (zasténčivostʹ) f, стыдливость (ru) (stydlívostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: че̏дно̄ст (sh) f

  Roman: čȅdnōst (sh) f

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• Telugu: అణకువ (te) (aNakuva)