immodest

adjective

im·​mod·​est (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmä-dəst 

: not modest

specifically : not conforming to the sexual mores of a particular time or place

immodestly adverb

immodesty

(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmä-də-stē 

noun

Synonyms

• bold
• familiar
• forward
• free
• overfamiliar
• presuming
• presumptuous

Examples of immodest in a Sentence

Although it might sound immodest of me to say so, I am very proud of what we have accomplished.

an immodest proposal for altering the town's traditional character by an uppity newcomer at his first town meeting

Recent Examples on the Web

Those words, immodest, carried away with possibility and essentially romantic, are articulated in the new documentary Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, which makes its premiere this evening at Tribeca Festival in New York. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 June 2025

Not to be immodest, but the third did more than the second and the second did more than the first. —Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024

Not to be immodest, but the third did more than the second and the second did more than the first. —Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024

In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin immodestus, from in- + modestus modest

First Known Use

1550, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for immodest

• broadest
• modest
• oddest

Kids Definition

immodest

adjective

im·​mod·​est (ˈ)im-ˈ(m)äd-əst 

: not modest

immodestly adverb

immodesty

-ə-stē 

noun