The meaning of Immodest

adjective

(of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.

Usage examples:

A bold attempt to solve the crisis

noun

A bold typeface or letter.

Usage examples:

Shadow cabinet members listed in bold

adjective

Brave, or without fear

Usage examples:

He is a qualified politician with bold ideas., she was friendly without being bold., the costumes w…

adjective

Bold and without shame.

Usage examples:

He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance

verb

Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame.

Usage examples:

There was nothing to do but brazen it out

adjective

Showing a lack of respect or politeness in a way that is amusing or appealing.

Usage examples:

A cheeky grin

adverb

In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.

Usage examples:

He started up the engine and the car moved forward

adjective

Directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling.

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Forward flight

noun

An attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.

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Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

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Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty.

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The improper use of public funds

adjective

Being against a law or a rule; dishonest or illegal

Usage examples:

The treasurer denied accepting any improper payments., an improper choice of words, if handled impr…

adjective

Dishonest, and not allowed by a rule or by law

Usage examples:

The cropland may have been polluted because of improper use of pesticides and fertilizers., imprope…

adjective

Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

Usage examples:

He could have strangled this impudent upstart

adjective

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters.

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Indecent acts

adjective

Morally offensive, esp. in a sexual way

Usage examples:

Indecent language is not allowed on the radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., [ u ] the network receive…

adjective

Not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper.

Usage examples:

A pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures

adjective

Behaving badly or rudely

adjective

Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact.

Usage examples:

Forgive me asking an indelicate question, but how are you off for money?

adjective

Having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain private or secret.

Usage examples:

They have been embarrassed by indiscreet friends

adjective

Not careful in saying or doing things that should be kept secret

Usage examples:

It was indiscreet of you to mention the party – she hasn’t been invited.

adjective

Saying or doing things that tell people things that should be secret or that embarrass people

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In an indiscreet moment, the president let his genuine opinions be known., indiscreet about they ha…

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

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A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

Usage examples:

He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

Usage examples:

The hounds have been loosed

adjective

(especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient.

Usage examples:

You've been a really naughty boy

adjective

(esp. of children) behaving badly and not being obedient, or (esp. of behavior or language) not socially acceptable

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A naughty girl, a naughty word

adjective

When children are naughty, or their behaviour is naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told to do

Usage examples:

Now that's naughty - don't throw food on the floor!, our boss treats us all like naughty children.

adjective

Sexually suggestive in a light-hearted and humorous way.

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Saucy postcards

adjective

(of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen.

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His shameless hypocrisy

adjective

Not feeling or showing embarrassment or shame.

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A comedy of manners, encased in the most unblushing melodrama

adjective

Relating to or engaging in sexual activity, especially of an illicit or extramarital nature.

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Unchaste desires

adjective

Not having or showing high moral standards.

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If our actions are unvirtuous the results will be negative

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

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Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

Usage examples:

She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

Usage examples:

They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake