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modesty 音标拼音: [m'ɑdəsti] n. 谦逊,质朴,羞怯 谦逊,质朴,羞怯 modesty n 1: freedom from vanity or conceit [ synonym: { modesty}, { modestness}] [ ant: { immodesty}] 2: formality and propriety of manner [ synonym: { modesty}, { reserve}] Modesty \ Mod" es* ty\, n. [ L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See { Modest}.] 1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one' s own worth and importance; absence of self- assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one' s own merit. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. [ 1913 Webster] Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Modesty piece}, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [ Obs.] -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See { Bashfulness}, and { Humility}. [ 1913 Webster] 128 Moby Thesaurus words for " modesty": aloofness, altruism, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, boggle, boggling, chilliness, coldness, commitment, compunction, consecration, constraint, coolness, decency, decorousness, decorum, dedication, delicacy, demur, demurral, detachment, devotion, diffidence, discreetness, discretion, disinterest, disinterestedness, distance, dullness, elegance, expressionlessness, fairishness, falter, faltering, frigidity, frostiness, guardedness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, homeliness, humbleness, humility, iciness, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality, inaccessibility, indifference, ingloriousness, innocuousness, introversion, lackluster, lowlihood, lowliness, meanness, mediocreness, mediocrity, meekness, middlingness, moderateness, modestness, objection, passableness, pause, plainness, poorness, propriety, protest, pudency, pudicity, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness, recoil, remoteness, repression, reserve, reservedness, respectability, restraint, reticence, reticency, retirement, sacrifice, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seemliness, self- abasement, self- abnegation, self- denial, self- devotion, self- effacement, self- forgetfulness, self- immolation, self- neglect, self- neglectfulness, self- renouncement, self- sacrifice, self- subjection, selflessness, shame, shrinking, shyness, simpleness, smallness, standoffishness, stickling, subduedness, submissiveness, suppression, teachableness, tediousness, tolerableness, unacquisitiveness, unaffability, unapproachability, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, unexpansiveness, unimportance, unpossessiveness, unpretentiousness, unselfishness, withdrawal, withdrawnness
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