Extravagant vs. Modest — What's the Difference?

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources

Modest may refer to:

Exceeding reasonable bounds

Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements

Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant

(of an amount, rate, or level) relatively moderate, limited, or small

Lavish or imprudent in spending money

(of a woman) dressing or behaving so as to avoid impropriety or indecency, especially to avoid attracting sexual attention

Extremely abundant; profuse

Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value

(Archaic) Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering.

Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident

Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.

Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.

Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.

Free from showiness or ostentation; unpretentious

Exorbitant.

Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme

Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.

Small, moderate in size.

Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.

Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.

(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

One who is confined to no general rule.

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; - said of a woman.

Unrestrained in especially feelings;

Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

Recklessly wasteful;

Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself;

Not large but sufficient in size or amount;

Free from pomp or affectation;

Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

Low or inferior in station or quality;

Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness;

Limited in size or scope;

Free from ostentation or pretension;