Clues for the word "MODEST"
We've had 62 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 143 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 26, 2026.
Definition of modest
- a. - Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
- a. - Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.
- a. - Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
Referring Clues
- Far from glitzy
- Not boastful
- Hardly grand
- Fair to middling
- Not given to self-promotion
- Not overdone
- Limited in amount
- Not at all vain
- Demure
- Self-effacing
- Not pretentious
- Unpretentious
- Hardly boastful
- Far from showy
- Retiring
- Soft-spoken
- Not at all boastful
- Humble
- Shy
- Unassuming
- Disinclined to brag
- Not prone to bragging
- Not apt to crow
- Far from grand
- Followed secretly
- Unlike a showboat
- Opposite of vain
- Far from boastful
- Not showy
- Not likely to brag
- Unboastful
- Meek
- Opposite of boastful
- Demure fashions – start of trend
- Free from pomp or affectation
- The retiring editor enters, very unassuming
- The majority are about half dead and not particularly good
- The majority are about half dead and pretty small
- Being humble is unexceptional
- Not excessive
- Most domestic trouble is unobtrusive
- ... reserved for Mussorgsky
- Mussorgsky providing sets of notes ahead of time
- Diffident in two ways
- Hardly extravagant
- Humble poem breaks woman's sympathetic heart
- Fashion on street is unexceptional
- Way for holy person to be humble
- Not assuming 12
- Shy male does badly in front of troop's leader
- Unassuming style on street
- Unassuming ways
- Simple fashion show's beginning on time
- Far from extravagant
- Unostentatious
- How humblebraggers try to be
- Tom's upset about Des being merely middling
- Not the bragging type
- Reserved
- Unlikely to brag
- Low-key
- Tom's wrong about Des being unassuming
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- New York Times - November 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 21, 2025
- Daily American - July 29, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 08, 2024
- Daily American - December 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 12, 2024
- USA Today - August 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 15, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 04, 2024
- LA Times - March 18, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 08, 2023
- Daily American - July 29, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 15, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 30, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 07, 2023
- Daily American - December 05, 2022
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