Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - immodest
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Immodest
immodest
1. If you describe someone’s behaviour as immodest, you mean that it shocks or embarrasses you because you think that it is rude. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you say that someone is immodest, you disapprove of the way in which they often say how good, important, or clever they are. He could become ungraciously immodest about his own capacities. = boastful ? modest ADJ: usu v-link ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, from in- + modestus modest Date: 1550 not modest; specifically not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place • ~ly adverb • ~y noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 lacking modesty; forward, impudent. 2 lacking due decency. Derivatives immodestly adv. immodesty n. Etymology: F immodeste or L immodestus (as IN-(1), MODEST) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. нескромный; неприличный immodest dress —- нескромное платье 2. наглый, бесстыдный immodest boasting —- наглое хвастовство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 having a very high opinion of yourself and your abilities, and not embarrassed about telling people how clever you are etc (- opposite modest (1)) 2 old-fashioned behaviour or clothes that are immodest may embarrass or offend people because they do not follow the usual social rules concerning sexual behaviour - immodestly adv - immodesty n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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