unassuming Sentence Examples
- Her unassuming demeanor belied her exceptional intelligence and wit.
- The unassuming cottage, tucked away in the countryside, concealed a rich history within its walls.
- Despite his immense wealth and influence, the tycoon maintained an unassuming lifestyle.
- The unassuming painting, purchased for a pittance, turned out to be a priceless masterpiece.
- She was an unassuming beauty, her loveliness radiating from within rather than from external adornment.
- The unassuming teacher possessed an uncanny ability to inspire and empower his students.
- The unassuming neighborhood hid a vibrant and interconnected community.
- The unassuming scientist made a groundbreaking discovery that revolutionized the field.
- The unassuming actor brought depth and nuance to every role he played.
- Underneath his unassuming exterior, he harbored a burning passion for justice and equality.
unassuming Meaning
unassuming (s)
not arrogant or presuming
unassuming (a.)
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
Synonyms & Antonyms of unassuming
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- pompous
- peremptory
- presumptuous
- cocky
- impertinent
- bold
- egotistical
- presumptuous
- brash
- forward
- high-handed
- pretentious
- aggressive
- egotistical
- brash
- lordly
- impudent
- forward
- pretentious
- egotistic
- high-handed
- high-hat
- cheeky
- huffy
- cocky
- confident
- brassy
- high-and-mighty
- saucy
- brassy
- audacious
- audacious
- imperious
- overweening
- saucy
- assertive
- supercilious
- pompous
- aggressive
- peremptory
- haughty
- superior
- bumptious
- confident
- bumptious
- impertinent
- huffy
- impudent
- arrogant
- high-hat
- bold
- supercilious
- arrogant
- uppish
- high-and-mighty
- superior
- conceited
- uppity
- egotistic
- highfalutin
- imperious
- highfalutin
- cheeky
- uppity
- haughty
- lordly
- conceited
- overweening
- uppish
- assertive
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- patronizing
- toploftical
- prideful
- self-asserting
- egoistic
- hubristic
- swaggering
- toplofty
- cocksure
- egoistical
- domineering
- condescending
- self-important
- hifalutin
- chesty
- domineering
- hoity-toity
- ostentatious
- egocentric
- disdainful
- vainglorious
- flamboyant
- magisterial
- cocksure
- vain
- egoistic
- magisterial
- self-assertive
- overconfident
- showy
- overbearing
- presuming
- dominant
- bombastic
- huffish
- self-confident
- ostentatious
- bombastic
- hubristic
- vainglorious
- vain
- smug
- patronizing
- boastful
- presuming
- overbearing
- self-asserting
- overconfident
- showy
- condescending
- egocentric
- swaggering
- disdainful
- narcissistic
- huffish
- flamboyant
- self-confident
- toplofty
- prideful
- chesty
- self-important
- egoistical
- hoity-toity
- fastuous
- fastuous
- boastful
- smug
- narcissistic
- self-assertive
- dominant
- hifalutin
- toploftical
Synonyms:
- ingenuous
- acquiescent
- diffident
- deferential
- shrinking
- compliant
- bashful
- reserved
- introverted
- resigned
- unassertive
- sheepish
- submissive
- unaggressive
- mousy
- plain
- na-ve
- retiring
- yielding
- self-effacing
- mousey
- subdued
- unobtrusive
- passive
Antonyms:
- self-satisfied
- self-obsessed
- self-centered
- self-affected
- self-engrossed
- dominating
- self-centered
- extraverted
- braggy
- unreserved
- uninhibited
- uninhibited
- stuck-up
- outgoing
- self-conceited
- self-congratulatory
- self-contented
- swelled-headed
- extraverted
- self-pleased
- self-conceited
- self-affected
- self-complacent
- self-contented
- swelled-headed
- self-complacent
- self-engrossed
- self-congratulatory
- stuck-up
- pontificating
- dominating
- unreserved
- self-pleased
- self-satisfied
- outgoing
- pontificating
- immodest
- self-obsessed
- extroverted
- braggy
- immodest
- extroverted
FAQs About the word unassuming
not arrogant or presumingNot assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
modest, humble,meek, down-to-earth, unaffected, shy,unpretentious, naive, simple, timid
pompous, peremptory, presumptuous, cocky, impertinent, bold, egotistical, presumptuous, brash, forward
Her unassuming demeanor belied her exceptional intelligence and wit.
The unassuming cottage, tucked away in the countryside, concealed a rich history within its walls.
Despite his immense wealth and influence, the tycoon maintained an unassuming lifestyle.
The unassuming painting, purchased for a pittance, turned out to be a priceless masterpiece.