Modest

[Lisa-Marie]

Don't laugh cos this is prob easy to you guys but im constantly being called modest, i just kinda laugh but i have no idea what it means...good or bad?!

[Quizmonster]

In the past, when a woman was said to be 'modest', it was certainly intended as a compliment. It meant that she was not free and easy with her sexual favours and that was a quality much prized. Nowadays, it may not be as praiseworthy, since nobody seems to give a damn about such an attitude any more.

Winston Churchill once said of Clement Attlee that he was "a modest man with much to be modest about", so the idea could be used critically, too.

Having said all that, I believe it might well be intended kindly in your case. I'd advise you to go on accepting it - modestly - just as you currently do.

[andy hughes]

The standard interpretation of the word 'modest' is someone not keen to boast about their won exploiuts or accomplishments - does this sound like you?

[IndieSinger]

When people say you're really good at something, do you go "Nah I'm not" even when people really think you are?

[Lisa-Marie]

yeah, i actually do that! Thanks guys now i know what it means :o)

[darth vader]

unless you have an uncanny resemblence with Modeste Mussorgsky the russian composer? (I'll get me coat....)