| 例句 |
modestadjective being about midway between extremes of amount or sizehe was awarded a modest pension when he retired average, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middle, middling, midsize(also midsized), moderate reasonablecommon, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usualadequate, passable, tolerable excessive, extremeexceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusualdistinctive, idiosyncratic, special, uniqueindividual, peculiar, private free from any trace of the coarse or indecenttended to wear more modest swimsuits than the thong-clad guests at the resort chaste, clean, decent, G-rated, immaculate, pure, vestal, virgin, virginal lily-white, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnisheddecorous, proper, seemlycultivated, refined, tastefulharmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive coarse, dirty, filthy, immodest, impure, indecent, obscene, smutty, unchaste, unclean, vulgar blemished, defiled, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnishedimproper, indecorous, indelicate, ribald, unseemlycrude, tacky, tasteless, unrefined not comfortable around peoplea modest winner who said a quick thank-you and promptly left the stage backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, withdrawn antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocialawkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprisinginhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight extroverted(also extraverted), immodest, outgoing boon, clubbable(also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, socialbold, dashing, forcefulbrash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showinessappealingly modest about her success in the fashion industry demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, meek, unassuming, unpretentious acquiescent, compliant, deferential, resigned, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, yieldingcowering, cringing, shrinkingingenuous, naive(or naïve), plain, simple, unaffectedbashful, diffident, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, sheepish, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusiveaw-shucks, self-deprecating, self-deprecatory, self-effacing arrogant, bumptious, chesty, conceited, egotistic(or egotistical), fastuous, haughty, highfalutin(also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppity aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucycocksure, cocky, confident, hubristic, overconfident, self-confidentegocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), narcissistic, prideful, self-affected, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-engrossed, self-important, self-obsessed, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headedboastful, bombastic, braggy, swaggering, vain, vaingloriouscondescending, disdainful, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, overbearing, patronizing, pontificatingflamboyant, ostentatious, showyextroverted(also extraverted), immodest, outgoing, uninhibited, unreserved shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy mean not inclined to be forward.shy implies a timid reserve and a shrinking from familiarity or contact with others.shy with strangers bashful implies a frightened or hesitant shyness characteristic of childhood and adolescence.a bashful boy out on his first date diffident stresses a distrust of one's own ability or opinion that causes hesitation in acting or speaking.felt diffident about raising an objection modest suggests absence of undue confidence or conceit.modest about her success coy implies a pretended shyness.put off by her coy manner in 1550 |