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unpretentiousness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness |
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| Main Entry: | modesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Antonyms: | arrogance, boldness, braveness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-confidence |
| Main Entry: | lowliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | plainness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | self-effacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | simpleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | unassumingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | unostentatiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unpretentiousness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | [Freedom from mixture] Simpleness. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
simpleness; purity, homogeneity., elimination; sifting; purification (cleanness).
-verbs
render simple; simplify., sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify (clean); disentangle (disjoin).
-adjectives
simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat., unmixed, unmingled, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded; elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged, unfortified, pur et simple; incomplex., free from, exempt from; exclusive.
-adverbs
simple only.
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| Antonyms: | mixture |
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