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Antonyms for abstinent
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ab-stuh-nuhns or ab-stuh-nuhn-see |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb stə nəns or ˈæb stə nən si |
- agitated
- biased
- bright
- considerable
- different
- drinker
- drunk
- excessive
- excitable
- excited
- extravagant
- extreme
- extroverted
- friendly
- gluttonous
- greedy
- harsh
- hungry
- imbalanced
- immoderate
- impure
- incautious
- incontinent
- inebriated
- intolerable
- irrational
- liberal
- loud
- outgoing
- outrageous
- partial
- prejudiced
- rough
- significant
- stormy
- strong
- unacceptable
- unbearable
- unchaste
- uncontrolled
- unfair
- unlimited
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrestrained
- violent
- wild
Definition of abstinent
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant) "moderate, abstemious, modest," from Latin abstinentem (nominative abstinens), present participle of abstinere (see abstinence).
- As in ascetic : adj self-denying
- As in moderate : adj calm, temperate
- As in abstemious : adj restraining behavior or appetite
- As in on the wagon : adj not drinking alcohol
- As in puritanical : adj proper, straitlaced
- As in sober : adj not partaking of alcohol
- As in temperate : adj controlled, sober
- As in continent : adj chaste, pure
- As in abstainer : noun teetotaler
- These unfortunate creatures cannot be temperate, they must therefore be abstinent.
- Extract from : « Tobacco and Alcohol » by John Fiske
- They found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of firewater.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- Another glutton, in contrast with whom Fordyce was an abstinent, was Dr. Beauford.
- Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
- They found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of fire water.
- Extract from : « Americana Ebrietatis » by Hewson L. Peeke
- It is most frequent in males, and more so in the intemperate than in the abstinent.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- All were to be fasting and abstinent from their wives on the previous night.
- Extract from : « The Customs of Old England » by F. J. Snell
- The delicate, the abstinent, the reticent graces were his in the heroic degree.
- Extract from : « The Rhythm of Life » by Alice Meynell
- They were hungry; they had been abstinent; they had surrendered their riches and their comforts.
- Extract from : « The City of Delight » by Elizabeth Miller
- But my poverty kept me abstinent and my youthful romanticism kept me chaste until my married life was well under way.
- Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
- He had sworn that he would maintain his manner of abstinent living till he fell in love with a girl who loved him in return.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
Synonyms for abstinent
- abstaining
- abstemious
- abstentious
- abstinent
- ascetic
- austere
- balanced
- bearable
- bridled
- calm
- careful
- cautious
- celibate
- clear-headed
- cold sober
- compromising
- conforming
- conservative
- considerate
- considered
- continent
- controlled
- cool
- curbed
- deliberate
- disciplined
- dispassionate
- dry
- drying out
- equable
- even
- free of alcohol
- frugal
- gentle
- impartial
- inconsiderable
- inexpensive
- inhibited
- judicious
- limited
- low-key
- measured
- middle-of-the-road
- midway
- mild
- moderate
- moderating
- modest
- monotonous
- moral
- neutral
- nondrinker
- nonindulgent
- nonpartisan
- not drinking
- not drunk
- not excessive
- not partaking of alcohol
- on the wagon
- one who is on the wagon
- pacific
- peaceable
- period of abstinence
- pleasant
- priggish
- prim
- prissy
- prohibitionist
- prudish
- puritanical
- reasonable
- reserved
- restrained
- rigid
- sedate
- self-denying
- self-possessed
- self-restrained
- self-restraining
- serious
- sober
- soft
- sparing
- spartan
- steady
- stern
- stone cold sober
- straight
- strict
- stuffy
- sworn off
- tame
- teetotalist
- temperance advocate
- temperate
- tolerable
- tolerant
- took the pledge
- tranquil
- unintoxicated
- untroubled
- water-drinker
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