🇬🇧 Modest meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Modest means something is not very big, fancy, or expensive. A modest house is small and simple, not a giant castle. A modest snack might be just one cookie, not a whole mountain of ice cream. When something is modest, it is enough, but not huge or super fancy.

Our modest dinner was soup so thin I wasn’t sure if it was food or flavored water.

We had a modest breakfast: one pancake to eat and one just to smell.

The superhero had a modest hideout: just a closet with a wobbly chair and a squeaky door.

The haunted house was modest; the ghosts had to share one bedsheet between all of them.

The zoo’s newest modest exhibit was a rock that did nothing.

She wore a modest dress to the modest party. Her modest bag held a modest cake, baked with love. Guests smiled at the small, bright cake. No one wanted a big show; the modest room felt warm. At the end, everyone clapped, and she felt proud and happy. A friend hugged her and said thank you.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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