Boastful vs Modesty - What's the difference?
boastful | modesty |
Tending to boast or brag.
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Moderate behaviour; reserve.
(lb) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.
As an adjective boastful
is tending to boast or brag.As a noun modesty is
the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.boastful
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Alternative forms
* boastfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.