Definition of restrained
Adjectives
cool and formal in manner
- Synonyms:
- reticent, unemotional
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undemonstrative
not given to open expression of emotion
under restraint
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controlled
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
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inhibited
held back or restrained or prevented
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reserved
marked by self-restraint and reticence
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close
strictly confined or guarded
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low-key, low-keyed, subdued
restrained in style or quality
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unexpansive
not given to high spirits or effusiveness
- Antonyms:
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unrestrained
not subject to restraint
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uncontrolled
not being under control; out of control
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free
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
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uninhibited
not inhibited or restrained
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unreserved
not cautious or reticent
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excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
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freewheeling
free of restraints or rules
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highflying
extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions
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unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned
not restrained or controlled
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unbuttoned, unlaced
not under constraint in action or expression
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unhampered, unhindered
not slowed or blocked or interfered with
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marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
"restrained in his response"
not showy or obtrusive
- Synonyms:
- quiet
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unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious
not ostentatious
Vocabulary Lists for restrained
E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" Chapters 1-10 »(537 words)
Vocabulary study list for E.M. Forster's "A Passage to...
- double sharp
- toddy palm
- neem tree
- water chestnut
- desiccate
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 11-29 »(326 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- aggrieve
- unfledged
- convulse
- concatenation
- excavate
Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 10-19 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
- wheedle
- rummage
- dyspeptic
- delve
- warble
Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 17-25 »(158 words)
Vocabulary study list for Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall...
- ostracize
- desecrate
- resilient
- infuriate
- dangle
Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 1-16 »(138 words)
Vocabulary study list for Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall...
- haggle
- coiffure
- improvident
- callow
- pestle

