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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

excessively modest, especially in the measure of one's skills or accomplishments;

e.g. Don't be overmodest, you are incredibly powerful and you should know it.

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Similar Words

Coy

Demure

Flirtatious

Girlish

Goody-goody

Kittenish

Prim

Prudish

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Unarrogant

Unassertive

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Opposite Words

Affected

Aggressive

Ambitious

Arrogant

Assertive

Assumptive

Assured

Biggety

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Egotistical

Enterprising

Fierce

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-pressure

High-toned

Highfalutin

Hoity-toity

Holier-than-thou

Huffy

Imperious

Important

In-your-face

La-di-da

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Militant

Ostentatious

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Pushy

Secure

Self-aggrandizing

Self-applauding

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-contained

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Self-important

Self-poised

Self-satisfied

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Than

Toplofty

Trigger-happy

Unapologetic

Unselfconscious

Unsubdued

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

Your

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Related Words

Coy

Demure

Down-to-earth

Humble

Kittenish

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Unassuming

Unpretentious

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