Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

    Bescheidenheit

    скро́мностьskrómnostʹ, сде́ржанностьsdéržannostʹ

    скро́мністьskrómnistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)Moderate behaviour; reserve.

    скро́мностьskrómnostʹ, сде́ржанностьsdéržannostʹ, благопристо́йностьblagopristójnostʹ

  3. (specifically, uncountable, usually)Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

    Sittsamkeit

    скро́мностьskrómnostʹ, целому́дриеcelomúdrije, засте́нчивостьzasténčivostʹ

More definitions
  • formality and propriety of manner
  • freedom from vanity or conceit

Examples

34 sentences
  1. His modesty is worth respecting.

    Його скромність варта поваги. — uaspeaker

    ruЕго скромность достойна уважения. — Hellerick

  2. She assumes an air of modesty.

  3. Hermes gave humans modesty and justice.

    ruГермес даровал людям скромность и справедливость. — odexed

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  4. This is no time for modesty.

    deBescheidenheit ist jetzt fehl am Platz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. In modesty, no one beats me.

    deIn Bescheidenheit schlägt mich niemand. — GuidoW

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
quality of being modest:
Русский
By meaning 3
quality of being modest:
moderate behaviour; reserve:
pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
quality of being modest:
pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.

Borrowed from Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia; equivalent to modest + -y.

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Forms

plural: modesties
Singularmodesty

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
moderate behaviour:impudenceextravaganceC1
quality of being modest:arrogance

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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