NOUN | attribute | modestness, reasonableness, moderateness | the property of being moderate in price / price or expenditures |
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attribute | modestness, modesty | freedom from vanity or conceit |
Meaning | The property of being moderate in price / price or expenditures. | |
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Example | "the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately" | |
Synonyms | reasonableness, moderateness | |
Broader | inexpensiveness | The quality of being affordable |
Spanish | modicidad, razonabilidad | |
Adjectives | modest | not large but sufficient in size or amount |
Meaning | freedom from vanity or conceit. | |
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Synonym | modesty | |
Attributes | immodest | offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance |
modest | not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance | |
Narrower | primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism | excessive or affected modesty |
Broader | decency | The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality |
Opposite | immodesty | The trait of being vain and conceited |
Spanish | decoro, moderación, modestia | |
Catalan | moderació, moderança, modèstia | |
Adjectives | modest | not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance |
modest | marked by simplicity |
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