Modest vs Imperious - What's the difference?
modest | imperious |
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
Small, moderate in size.
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
* 1866 – , translated by C. J. Hogarth
Urgent.
* 1891 –
(obsolete) Imperial or regal.
* 1895 –
As adjectives the difference between modest and imperious
is that modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble while imperious is domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.modest
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
Synonyms
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* immodestDerived terms
* modest proposal * modestyimperious
English
Adjective
(-)- ...she glanced about her in an imperious , challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
- Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.
- She was quick, beautiful, imperious , while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
