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modesty

  • 1 modesty

    noun skromnost
    * * *
    [mɔdisti]
    noun
    skromnost; spodobnost, sramežljivost, čednost; preprostost, zmernost

    English-Slovenian dictionary > modesty

  • 2 humility

    [hju'miləti]
    (modesty; humbleness: Despite his powerful position in the government, he was still a man of great humility.) skromnost
    See also:
    * * *
    [hju:míliti]
    noun
    ponižnost, skromnost

    English-Slovenian dictionary > humility

  • 3 modest

    ['modist]
    1) (not having, or showing, too high an opinion of one's abilities etc: He's very modest about his success.) skromen
    2) (decent, or showing good taste; not shocking: modest clothing.) spodoben
    3) (not very large; moderate: She's a person of modest ambitions.) zmeren
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    - modesty
    * * *
    [mɔdist]
    adjective ( modestly adverb)
    skromen; spodoben, čednosten, sramežljiv; preprost, zmeren

    English-Slovenian dictionary > modest

  • 4 put on

    1) (to switch on (a light etc): Put the light on!) prižgati
    2) (to dress oneself in: Which shoes are you going to put on?) obleči se, obuti
    3) (to add or increase: The car put on speed; I've put on weight.) povečati
    4) (to present or produce (a play etc): They're putting on `Hamlet' next week.) uprizoriti
    5) (to provide (eg transport): They always put on extra buses between 8.00 and 9.00 a.m.) zagotoviti
    6) (to make a false show of; to pretend: She said she felt ill, but she was just putting it on.) pretvarjati se
    7) (to bet (money) on: I've put a pound on that horse to win.) staviti
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    transitive verb obleči, obuti, dati (klobuk na glavo), natakniti (očala), namazati se (z ličilom); pretvarjati se, hliniti; staviti ( to put a fiver on a horse staviti na konja); pomakniti naprej (kazalce); odpreti (plin), dodati (paro), prižgati (luč, radio), pospešiti (tempo); dodati (posebni vlak); zategniti (zavoro, vijak); theatre postaviti na oder, uprizoriti; naložiti (kazen); sport dobiti točko, napraviti gol
    to put on airs — postavljati se, šopiriti se
    to put on the dog — postavljati se, bahati se
    his modesty is put on — njegova skromnost je narejena, je samo pretveza
    to put s.o. on a job — zaupati, dati komu delo
    to put s.o. on to — namigniti komu kaj, spraviti koga na neko misel

    English-Slovenian dictionary > put on

  • 5 womanly

    adjective ((showing qualities) natural or suitable to a woman: a womanly figure; womanly charm.) ženski
    * * *
    [wúmənli]
    1.
    adjective
    ženski
    womanly modesty — ženska skromnost;
    2.

    English-Slovenian dictionary > womanly

См. также в других словарях:

  • Modesty — Mod es*ty, n. [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See {Modest}.] 1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one s own worth and importance; absence of self assertion, arrogance, and presumption; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • modesty — (n.) 1530s, freedom from exaggeration, self control, from M.Fr. modestie or directly from L. modestia moderation, sense of honor, correctness of conduct, from modestus moderate, keeping measure, sober, gentle, temperate, from modus measure,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Modesty — Modesty, est une chanteuse française. Biographie Discographie 1980, On n aime toujours le même 1980, So sweet is my love 1980, Boogie encore 1983, Historia 1984, Crime d amour 1985, Le chien extraordinaire Sources [1] Catégorie : Chanteuse… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • modesty — index decorum, propriety (correctness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • modesty — [n] shyness bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve,… …   New thesaurus

  • modesty — ► NOUN ▪ the quality or state of being modest …   English terms dictionary

  • modesty — [mäd′is tē] n. [Fr modestie < L modestia] the quality or state of being modest; specif., a) unassuming or humble behavior b) lack of excesses or pretensions; moderation c) decency; decorum …   English World dictionary

  • Modesty — For other uses, see Modest (disambiguation). Man and woman in swimsuits, ca. 1910; she is exiting a bathing machine …   Wikipedia

  • modesty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ characteristic, natural (esp. BrE), typical ▪ She accepted their congratulations with typical modesty. ▪ false ▪ feminine …   Collocations dictionary

  • modesty — n. 1) to affect; display modesty 2) false modesty (without false modesty) 3) modesty about * * * [ mɒdɪstɪ] display modesty to affect modesty about false modesty (without false modesty) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • modesty — [[t]mɒ̱dɪsti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT (approval) Someone who shows modesty does not talk much about their abilities or achievements. His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself... He plays the character with tremendous… …   English dictionary

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