modesty

English

Etymology

From Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɒd.ə.sti/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

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modesty (usually uncountable, plural modesties)

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Moderate behaviour; reserve.
(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “moderate behaviour”): impudence, extravagance
(antonym(s) of “quality of being modest”): arrogance
(antonym(s) of “pudency”): immodesty

Derived terms

Related terms

modestly

Translations

the quality of being modest

Arabic: تَوَاضُع (ar) m (tawāḍuʕ)
Armenian: համեստություն (hy) (hamestutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: təvazö
Belarusian: сці́пласць f (scíplascʹ), скро́мнасць f (skrómnascʹ)
Bikol Central: kabinian
Bulgarian: скро́мност (bg) f (skrómnost)
Catalan: modèstia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謙虛／谦虚 (zh) (qiānxū)
Czech: skromnost (cs) f
Danish: beskedenhed c
Dutch: bescheidenheid (nl)
Esperanto: modesteco
Finnish: vaatimattomuus (fi)
French: modestie (fr) f
Galician: modestia (gl) f
Georgian: მოკრძალება (moḳrʒaleba), მოკრძალებულობა (moḳrʒalebuloba), თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba)
German: Bescheidenheit (de) f
Greek: μετριοφροσύνη (el) f (metriofrosýni)
Ancient: αἰδοσύνη f (aidosúnē), αἰδημοσύνη f (aidēmosúnē)
Hungarian: szerénység (hu)
Irish: adhnáire f
Italian: modestia (it) f
Latin: modestia f
Macedonian: скромност f (skromnost)
Maori: whakamōwaitanga
Old English: sċamfæstnes f
Persian: آزرم (fa) (âzarm)
Polish: skromność (pl) f
Portuguese: modéstia (pt) f
Romanian: modestie (ro) f
Russian: скро́мность (ru) f (skrómnostʹ), сде́ржанность (ru) f (sdéržannostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скро̏мно̄ст f

Roman: skrȍmnōst (sh) f
Slovak: skromnosť f
Slovene: skromnost
Spanish: modestia (es) f
Swedish: blygsamhet (sv) c
Thai: ความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตน (kwaam òn nóm tòm dton)
Turkish: alçakgönüllülük
Ukrainian: скро́мність f (skrómnistʹ)
Urdu: حَیا f (hayā), لاج f (lāj), آبْرُو (ur) f (ābrū)

moderate behaviour; reserve

Armenian: համեստություն (hy) (hamestutʻyun)
Catalan: modèstia (ca) f, reserves (ca) f pl
Dutch: gereserveerdheid (nl), schroom (nl)
Finnish: vaatimattomuus (fi)
Georgian: თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba), თავდაჭერილობა (tavdač̣eriloba), მორიდებულობა (moridebuloba), ზომიერება (zomiereba)
Greek: μετριοπάθεια (el) f (metriopátheia)
Maori: whakamōwaitanga
Polish: skromność (pl) f
Romanian: rezervă (ro) f
Russian: скро́мность (ru) f (skrómnostʹ), сде́ржанность (ru) f (sdéržannostʹ), благопристо́йность (ru) f (blagopristójnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скро̏мно̄ст f

Roman: skrȍmnōst (sh) f
Spanish: modestia (es) f
Urdu: شَرْم f (śarm)

pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness

Arabic: حِشْمَة f (ḥišma)
Catalan: pudor (ca) f
Esperanto: seksmodesteco
Finnish: säädyllisyys (fi), häveliäisyys (fi), kainous (fi), siveys (fi)
French: pudeur (fr) f
German: Sittsamkeit (de) f
Greek: ταπεινότητα (el) f (tapeinótita), σεμνότητα (el) f (semnótita)
Latin: pudor m
Polish: skromność (pl) f
Romanian: castitate (ro) f, puritate (ro) f
Russian: скро́мность (ru) f (skrómnostʹ), целому́дрие (ru) n (celomúdrije), засте́нчивость (ru) f (zasténčivostʹ), стыдли́вость (ru) f (stydlívostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: че̏дно̄ст f

Roman: čȅdnōst (sh) f
Spanish: pudor (es) m
Tocharian B: kwīpe
Urdu: لاج f (lāj)

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