false+modesty
91stuffiness — Synonyms and related words: Quakerishness, THI, airlessness, antiquation, aridity, aridness, authoritarianism, barrenness, bigotry, blind side, blind spot, blinders, bloodlessness, callowness, cantankerousness, censoriousness, characterlessness,… …
92proud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See pride. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a creditable self respect] Syn. self respecting, self sufficient, self reliant, independent, honorable, principled, dignified, stately, noble, lordly,… …
93mauvaise honte — [Fr.] Bashfulness, false modesty, shamefacedness …
94disclaim — disclaim, disavow, repudiate, disown, disallow mean to refuse to admit, accept, or approve. Disclaim implies re fusal to admit or accept a claim, but it may apply specifically to a legal claim one has upon property or to a title {the son… …
95fish for compliments — Usually said of someone who puts themselves down (similar to false modesty) in the hope that others will contradict them, and in the process, compliment them. Sam: I m no good at drawing!Judy: Nonsense! You re an excellent artist!Bob: Aw, he was… …
96irony — i•ro•ny [[t]ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər [/t]] n. pl. nies 1) cvb the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning 2) rht Socratic irony 3) lit. dramatic irony 4) an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been …
97mauvaise honte — /mo vez ɔ̃t/ noun False modesty, bashfulness • • • Main Entry: ↑mauvais …
98Burqa — For other uses, see Burka (disambiguation). Part of a series on Islamic culture A …
99Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic — The following list consists of concepts that are derived from both Islamic and Arab tradition, which are expressed as words in the Arabic language. The main purpose of this list is to disambiguate multiple spellings, to make note of spellings no… …
100Traitté de l'origine des romans — Pierre Daniel Huet s Trai [t] té de l origine des Romans ( Treatise on the Origin of Novels , or Romances if one wants to speak early 18th century English) can claim to be the first history of fiction. It was originally published in 1670 as… …
