Im-mŏd'est, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. immodestus, from prefix im, for in, and modestus, modest; Fr. immodeste, It. immodesto, Sp. immodesto.]

Sense 1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate; exorbitant; unreasonable; arrogant; impudent.

Sense 2. Wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; wanting in delicacy or chastity; unchaste; lewd; indelicate; obscene; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, books, and the like.

Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought. But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden.

Synonyms—Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.