Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 11 compound words that contain modest. The most common are listed below. Open modest in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- modest proposalAn idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest.
- modest cadlinaA species of dorid nudibranch, a sea slug of species Cadlina modesta, reported from Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska to Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico.
- modest proposalsplural of modest proposal: An idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest.
- of modest meansHaving little money, or limited financial resources.
Compound words 11
- modestyThe quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- unmodestNot modest.
- hypermodestExtremely modest.
- modestestsuperlative form of modest: most modest
- modestnessQuality of being modest.
- pseudomodestApparently, but not actually, modest.
- supermodestVery modest.
- ultramodestextremely modest
- modestiesplural of modesty: The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- ModestinoA surname from Italian.