immodesty

  • 121pride — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of self worth Nouns 1. pride, hauteur; dignity, self respect, self esteem, self sufficiency, reserve. 2. (sympton of pride) arrogance, insolence; ostentation; vanity, vainglory, crest, airs, high… …

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  • 122vanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive pride Nouns 1. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; immodesty, self esteem, self love, self praise; complacency, smugness, amour propre, hubris; ego trip. See boasting, selfishness. 2. [false] pride …

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  • 123virtue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moral uprightness Nouns 1. virtue; virtuousness, goodness; morality; moral rectitude; integrity, probity; nobleness; prudence; morals, ethics, duty; work ethic; cardinal virtues; merit, worth, excellence …

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  • 124indecency — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being indecent] Syn. coarseness, grossness, bawdiness, vulgarity; see lewdness . 2. [An instance of indecency] Syn. impurity, immodesty, offense, incivility, impropriety, indecorum, ribaldry, indelicacy,… …

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  • 125indelicacy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impertinence, immodesty, impropriety; see indecency 2 , rudeness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An improper act or statement: impropriety, indecency, indecorum. See USUAL …

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  • 126virginity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maidenhood, girlhood, spinsterhood, celibacy; see chastity , virtue 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. chastity, celibacy, purity, maidenhood, innocence, virtue, modesty, continence, abstinence. A frozen asset. Clare… …

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  • 127immodest — im|mod|est [ıˈmɔdıst US ıˈma: ] adj 1.) having a very high opinion of yourself and your abilities, and not embarrassed about telling people how clever you are ≠ ↑modest ▪ Webb was an immodest publicist of his own achievements. 2.) clothes that… …

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  • 128bold — [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been… …

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