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Antonyms for incontinent

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-kon-tn-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkɒn tn ənt

Definition of incontinent

Origin :
  • late 14c., "wanting in self restraint," from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinentem (nominative incontinens) "incontinent, immoderate, intemperate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + continens (see continent). Originally chiefly of sexual appetites; sense of "unable to control bowels or bladder" first attested 1828.
  • adj lacking control
Example sentences :
  • For with the incontinent man it is not as with the self-seeker and the covetous.
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • It would seem you are decidedly of opinion that the incontinent are the reverse of free?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • It is the incontinent who have neither part nor lot in any one of them.
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • Incontinent the kyng commaunded to take and put hym to dethe.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • His words were overheard of sundry Trevisans, who asked him incontinent, 'How!
  • Extract from : « The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio » by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Like all French students, he was incontinent, and had several mistresses.
  • Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend
  • To that end I show you she is incontinent, and practised in falsehood.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 » by Various
  • An' his bearin's got hot again in a minute: he was an incontinent man.
  • Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling
  • But it is the incontinent men who commit all the crimes of this kind.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • And so it is that, since Adam's fall, we see mankind hungry and incontinent.
  • Extract from : « The Queen Pedauque » by Anatole France

Synonyms for incontinent

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