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overmodest

ADJECTIVE
bashful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confused coy diffident embarrassed reticent self-conscious sheepish timid
WEAK
abashed backward blushful blushing chary constrained demure humble modest nervous recoiling reserved retiring self-effacing shamefaced shrinking silent timorous unassertive verecund
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aggressive bold forward
WEAK
unabashed unshy
ADJECTIVE
coy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bashful evasive self-effacing skittish timid
WEAK
backward blushing coquettish demure diffident flirtatious humble kittenish prudish rabbity reserved retiring shrinking shy unassertive
Antonyms
WEAK
aggressive forward immodest impudent unshy
ADJECTIVE
prim
Synonyms
STRONGEST
demure
STRONG
correct spruce stickling tidy uncluttered
WEAK
Victorian blue-nose ceremonial ceremonious choosy cleanly conventional dapper decorous fastidious formal genteel good goody-goody nice nit-picking orderly polite precise priggish prissy proper prudish puritanical rigid shipshape spick-and-span stiff straight strait-laced stuffy upright well-groomed wooden
Antonyms
STRONG
untidy
WEAK
informal rumpled
ADJECTIVE
prudish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fastidious narrow-minded prissy puritanical squeamish uptight
WEAK
Victorian affected artificial austere bigoted conventional demure finicky genteel illiberal mincing narrow offish overexact overnice precise pretentious priggish prim proper rigid rigorous scrupulous severe simpering square starchy stern stiff stilted strait-laced stuffy
Antonyms
WEAK
bold brave extroverted outgoing

Example Sentences

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Dr. Redlich was being overmodest; the appointment was as much a tribute to his personal qualities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had Mac been overmodest, before, when he had said he was no great angler?

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

You're not overmodest, Ormesby, considering that you are one of them.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold

Like many others 'clothed with a little brief authority' he was not overmodest in showing his importance.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various