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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers |
| Section II. Personal Affections |
| 5. Extrinsic Affections |
| 881. Modesty. |
| NOUN: | MODESTY; humility [See Humility]; diffidence, timidity; retiring disposition; unobtrusiveness; bashfulness &c. adj.; mauvaise honte [F.]; blush, blushing; verecundity [obs.]; self-knowledge. reserve, constraint; demureness &c. adj.; “blushing honors” [Henry VIII]. [COMPARISON] violet. |
| VERB: | BE MODEST &c. adj.; retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one’s horns [See Humility]; hide one’s face. keep private, keep in the background, keep one’s distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one’s way, “do good by stealth and blush to find it fame” [Pope], hide one’s light under a bushel; cast sheep’s eyes. |
| ADJECTIVE: | MODEST, diffident; humble [See Humility]; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest. unpretending, unpretentious; unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful, unaspiring; poor in spirit; deprecative, deprecatory. reserved, constrained, demure. ABASHED, ashamed; out of countenance (humbled) [See Humility]. |
| ADVERB: | MODESTLY &c. adj.; quietly, privately; without -ceremony, - beat of drum; sans façon [F.]. |
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