MODEST Copy link • MODESTBashful, modestus (opposed to immodestus): pudens (full of a sense of shame or honor; opposed to impudens): verecundus (full of a sense of propriety, well-behaved; opposed to superbus, insolens): probus (unassuming; opposed to improbus): demissus (meek; opposed to acerbus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) probus et modestus; probus et demissus: modest in one’s demands, verecundus in postulando: to make a modest use of anything, modeste ac moderate aliqua re uti. Moderate, moderatus; modestus; temperatus; temperans. SYN. in MODERATE.