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immodesty

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im·mod·est  (-mdst)
adj.
1. Lacking modesty.
2.
a. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; indecent: a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people.
b. Not properly restrained in expression or self-assertion; boastful: immodest claims in advertising and promotion.
3. Arrogant.

[Latin immodestus : in-, not; see in-1 + modestus, moderate, modest; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

im·modest·ly adv.
im·modes·ty n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immodesty - the trait of being vain and conceited
indecency - the quality of being indecent
modesty, modestness - freedom from vanity or conceit
2.immodesty - the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
paraphilia - abnormal sexual activity
Translations
immodesty [ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ] N (= indecency) [of behaviour] → falta f de decoro, impudicia f; [of dress] → falta f de recato; (= boastfulness) → falta f de modestia, presunción f
immodesty
nUnbescheidenheit f; (= indecency)Unanständigkeit f
immodesty [ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ] n (see adj) → indecenza, immodestia
immodesty [ɪˈmɒdɪstɪ] n (see adj) → indecenza, immodestia


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Now I feel like myself again, and I may say without immodesty that my body is stuffed with the loveliest oat-straw in all Oz.
All this was of such incredible immodesty, of such monstrous effrontery, that D'Artagnan could scarcely believe what he saw or what he heard.
But, woe is me, I now comprehend what has made thee give so little heed to what thou owest to thyself; it must have been some freedom of mine, for I will not call it immodesty, as it did not proceed from any deliberate intention, but from some heedlessness such as women are guilty of through inadvertence when they think they have no occasion for reserve.
 
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