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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

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