modesty

modestia, umiltà

Qualità di chi non mette in mostra le proprie capacità, i successi o la propria importanza.

In inglese semplice: The quality of not drawing attention to your own abilities, achievements, or importance.

• I admire her modesty.
• He accepted the award with modesty.
• There is no need for false modesty about your success.

Come si usa: modesty about something (Her modesty about her achievements impressed us.)

Sinonimi: humility, unpretentiousness

Contrari: arrogance, conceit

Espressioni comuni: false modesty, with modesty, modesty about something, genuine modesty

pudore, decoro

Abitudine di coprire il corpo o evitare abiti considerati troppo scollati o scoperti.

In inglese semplice: The practice of covering your body or avoiding clothes considered too revealing.

• She wore a shawl for modesty.
• The school has strict rules about modesty in dress.
• Ideas about modesty differ between cultures.

Sinonimi: decency, propriety

Contrari: immodesty

Espressioni comuni: modesty in dress, for modesty, standards of modesty