Usually means: Unassuming in estimation of self.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. modest: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. modest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. modest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. modest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. modest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Modest, modest: Wordnik
  7. modest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. modest: Wiktionary
  9. modest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. modest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. modest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Modest, modest: Dictionary.com
  13. modest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Modest (bishop of Trier), Modest (email client), Modest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Modest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. modest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. modest: Rhymezone
  18. modest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. modest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. modest: Free Dictionary
  21. modest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. modest: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. modest: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. modest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modest: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. modest: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
▸ adjective:  Small, moderate in size.
▸ adjective:  Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
▸ adjective:  (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

Similar:
unassuming, humble, unpretentious, simple, meek, unostentatious, lowly, discreet, mild, low, more...

Opposite:
arrogant, boastful, conceited, pretentious, vain

Phrases:
modest proposal, Modest Mussorgsky, modest clothing, modest moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, more...

Adjectives:
second, mild, true, some, sensible

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sage,     mauve,     olive,     blush,     cream,     slate blue,     lavender,     sand



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Similar:
unassuming, humble, unpretentious, simple, meek, unostentatious, lowly, discreet, mild, low, more...

Opposite:
arrogant, boastful, conceited, pretentious, vain

Phrases:
modest proposal, Modest Mussorgsky, modest clothing, modest moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, modest petrovich moussorgsky, mussorgsky, modest petrovich, mussorgsky modest, more...

Adjectives:
second, mild, true, some, sensible

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sage,     mauve,     olive,     blush,     cream,     slate blue,     lavender,     sand



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