a. [ F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest. ] 1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought. Dryden. Syn. -- Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene. [ 1913 Webster ] |