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Modesty :: Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit..

Impudicity :: Impudicity (n.) Immodesty.

Bold-faced :: Bold-faced (a.) Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman..

Diffidence :: Diffidence (n.) Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.

Verecundity :: Verecundity (n.) The quality or state of being verecund; modesty.

Secret :: Secret (a.) The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.

Shameless :: Shameless (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem..

Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners..

Virgin :: Virgin (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush..

Immodesty :: Immodesty (n.) Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency..

Pudicity :: Pudicity (n.) Modesty; chastity.

Shame :: Shame (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal..

Flush :: Flush (n.) A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow..

Alarmed :: Alarmed (a.) Aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty..

Pudency :: Pudency (n.) Modesty; shamefacedness.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..

Impudent :: Impudent (a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy..

Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.

Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..

Suggest :: Suggest (v. t.) To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty..

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