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over-modest
adjective
(alsoovermodest)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈmɒd.ɪst/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈmɑː.dɪst/
too unwilling to talk about or recognize your own abilities and achievements :
At the risk of sounding over-modest, how should I know who's right?
over-modest aboutHe was never overmodest about his achievements, sometimes growing exasperated at the lack of recognition.
Alexander Graham Bell was being overmodest when he predicted that one day there would be a telephone in every American city.
She is over-modest about both her education and her intellect, and constantly emphasizes what she does not understand.
The trouble is that she is over-modest. She cannot believe that what she thinks is right, because she has thought it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shy and modest
aw shucks
backward
bashful
bashfully
bashfulness
humility
inadequacy
inadequate
indoorsiness
indoorsy
mousy
reticently
retiring
self-conscious
self-consciously
self-consciousness
shyness
unassuming
wallflower
withdrawn
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