Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

    bescheiden, maßvoll

    скро́мныйskrómnyj

    скро́мнийskrómnyj

  2. Small, moderate in size.

    He earns a modest amount of money.

    Her latest novel was a modest success.

    bescheiden, klein, gering

    скро́мныйskrómnyj

    relatively moderate, limited, or small

  3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

    modest thoughts or language

  4. (especially)Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

    anständig, sittsam

    благопристо́йныйblagopristójnyj, скро́мныйskrómnyj

Examples

117 sentences
  1. Tom is a very modest man.

    Том дуже скромна людина.

    ruТом очень скромный человек.

    deTom ist ein sehr bescheidener Mann.

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  2. Tom is just modest.

    Том просто скромний.

    deTom ist nur bescheiden.

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  3. Tom is very modest.

    Том дуже скромний.

    ruТом очень скромный.

    deTom ist sehr bescheiden.

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  4. Tom is modest.

    Том скромний.

    ruТом скромный.

    deTom ist bescheiden.

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  5. Maybe Tom is just being modest.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements:
Русский
By meaning 2
not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements:
intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements:
small:
intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others:

Origin

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

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Forms

more modest/modester, most modest/modestest
Comparativemore modest / modester Lesson
Superlativemost modest / modestest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

62 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

292 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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