immodest

adjective
🔊/ɪˈmɒdɪst/
🔊/ɪˈmɑːdɪst/
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  1. (disapproving) having or showing a very high opinion of yourself and your abilities自负的;傲慢的 synonym conceited
    • I am immodest enough to think that I played an important part in her decision.我很谦虚,以为我在她的决定中起了重要作用。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. (of behaviour or clothing) that may shock people because it involves sex or attracts attention in a sexual way不正派的;不合礼仪的;猥亵的
    • an immodest dress有伤风化的连衣裙
  3. opposite modest
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French immodeste or Latin immodestus, from in- ‘not’ + modestus ‘keeping due measure’, related to modus ‘measure’.