unpresuming

ADJECTIVE

modest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

humble moderate prudent quiet simple unassuming

WEAK

bashful blushing chaste coy demure diffident discreet lowly meek nice proper reserved resigned reticent retiring seemly self-conscious self-effacing sheepish silent temperate timid unassertive unassured unboastful unobtrusive unpretending unpretentious withdrawing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brave complex complicated intricate

WEAK

arrogant assured bold conceited courageous egotistical extraordinary immodest ostentatious presumptuous proud self-confident unabashed unashamed unlimited

ADJECTIVE

self-effacing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coy discreet humble reticent unassuming unobtrusive unpretentious

WEAK

backward bashful blushing chaste demure diffident lowly meek moderate nice proper prudent quiet reserved resigned retiring seemly self-conscious sheepish shy silent simple temperate timid unassertive unassured unboastful unpretending withdrawing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brave flaunting forward pretentious

Example Sentences

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Durbin’s unpresuming, unfailingly courteous, thoroughly Midwestern personality has played against his interests at times.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

He was a trifle crude, yes; but kind, gentle, unpresuming.

From The Sagebrusher A Story of the West by Hough, Emerson

Mild and unpresuming, he won the love of all who came in contact with him.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

By and by he came back, serene as ever, friendly and unpresuming.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

His talents were not conspicuous, but his manners were unpresuming, and honesty was depicted on his countenance.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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