adj.

1. Lacking modesty.
2. 1. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; indecent: a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people.
   2. Not properly restrained in expression or self-assertion; boastful: immodest claims in advertising and promotion.
3. Arrogant.

[Latin immodestus : in-, not; see in–¹ + modestus, moderate, modest.]

immodestly im·mod'est·ly adv.
immodesty im·mod'es·ty n.

adjective

Not in keeping with conventional mores: improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, naughty, unbecoming, unbefitting, unseemly, untoward. Idioms: out of line. See usual/unusual.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others.

    There was once a man in Ispahan
        Ever and ever so long ago,
    And he had a head, the phrenologists said,
        That fitted him for a show.
    
    For his modesty's bump was so large a lump
        (Nature, they said, had taken a freak)
    That its summit stood far above the wood
        Of his hair, like a mountain peak.
    
    So modest a man in all Ispahan,
        Over and over again they swore --
    So humble and meek, you would vainly seek;
        None ever was found before.
    
    Meantime the hump of that awful bump
        Into the heavens contrived to get
    To so great a height that they called the wight
        The man with the minaret.
    
    There wasn't a man in all Ispahan
        Prouder, or louder in praise of his chump:
    With a tireless tongue and a brazen lung
        He bragged of that beautiful bump
    
    Till the Shah in a rage sent a trusty page
        Bearing a sack and a bow-string too,
    And that gentle child explained as he smiled:
        "A little present for you."
    
    The saddest man in all Ispahan,
        Sniffed at the gift, yet accepted the same.
    "If I'd lived," said he, "my humility
        Had given me deathless fame!"
                                                          Sukker Uffro

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
  Antonym: modest (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
  Antonym: modest (meaning #4)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubeskeden, ufin, usømmelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbescheiden, onfatsoenlijk

Français (French)
adj. - impudique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unbescheiden, unanständig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άσεμνος, απρεπής, υπερόπτης, αναιδής

Italiano (Italian)
immodesto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imodesto

Русский (Russian)
нескромный, наглый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inmodesto, indecente, impúdico, desvergonzado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oblyg, oförsynt, oanständig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不谦虚的, 傲慢的, 不端庄的, 粗鲁的, 不合礼仪的, 厚颜无耻的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不謙虛的, 傲慢的, 不端莊的, 粗魯的, 不合禮儀的, 厚顏無恥的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조심성 없는, 건방진, 지나친

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぶしつけな, 不謹慎な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير متواضع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא צנוע, גס, חצוף‬

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