overmodest

overmodest
Excessively modest.

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  • Overmodest — O ver*mod est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. {O ver*mod est*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overmodest — adj.; overmodestly, adv. * * * …   Universalium

  • overmodest — adj. excessively modest; overly humble; prudish in thought or dress …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overmodest — o′ver•mod′est adj. ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • overmodest — /oʊvəˈmɒdəst/ (say ohvuh moduhst) adjective modest to an excessive degree …  

  • overmodest — adjective affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way • Syn: ↑coy, ↑demure • Similar to: ↑modest • Derivationally related forms: ↑demureness (for: ↑demure …   Useful english dictionary

  • Overmodestly — Overmodest O ver*mod est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. {O ver*mod est*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… …   Universalium

  • Victorian — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Quakerish, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bluenose, censorious, classical, demure, fossil, fossilized, genteel, goody goody, grown old, hidebound, medieval, mid Victorian, narrow, of other times,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • censorious — Synonyms and related words: Quakerish, Victorian, abusive, accusatory, back biting, belittling, bitchy, blackening, blameful, calumniatory, calumnious, captious, carping, catty, caviling, chiding, choicy, choosy, condemnatory, conscientious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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