immodest Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
- brash immodest boasting
adjective offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.

Not limited to due bounds; immoderate.
Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc.
Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden.
Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.