Etymology: [ ri-'strAn ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English restraynen, from Middle French restraindre, from Latin restringere to restrain, restrict, from re- + stringere to bind tight; more at STRAIN.
Synonyms: bottled up, calm and collected, chilled, conservative, controlled, cool, corked up, discreet, in charge, in check, inobtrusive, laid-back, mild, moderate, muted, on a leash, plain, reasonable, reticent
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control, Simple past tense and past participle of restrain, approval If you describe someone's clothes or the decorations in a house as restrained, you mean that you like them because they are simple and not too brightly-coloured. Her black suit was restrained and expensive, Past tense of to restrain, under restraint, curbed, cool and formal in manner, Someone who is restrained is very calm and unemotional. In the circumstances he felt he'd been very restrained, curbed, hindered; under arrest, deprived of liberty; repressed, subdued, marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response", not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste", free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room", prudent; "guarded optimism", To control or keep in check, To deprive of liberty, To restrict or limit, to compel or deter by or as if by threats, To draw back toghtly, as a rein, hold back, to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom", To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge, place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends", To limit; to confine; to restrict, To withhold; to forbear, To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb, keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool, To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation = check, keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool", If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me, If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger Gladys wanted to ask, `Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so, curb, hinder; arrest, take away one's liberty; repress, subdue,
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Held back, limited, kept in check or under control - "He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace."
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Simple past tense and past participle of restrain - "He was restrained by the straight jacket."
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approval If you describe someone's clothes or the decorations in a house as restrained, you mean that you like them because they are simple and not too brightly-coloured. Her black suit was restrained and expensive
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Past tense of to restrain
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under restraint
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curbed
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cool and formal in manner
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Someone who is restrained is very calm and unemotional. In the circumstances he felt he'd been very restrained
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curbed, hindered; under arrest, deprived of liberty; repressed, subdued sıfat
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marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
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not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"
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free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"
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prudent; "guarded optimism"
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restrain
To control or keep in check
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restrain
To deprive of liberty
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restrain
To restrict or limit
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restrain
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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restrain
To draw back toghtly, as a rein
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restrain
hold back
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restrain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
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restrain
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge
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restrain
place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
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restrain
To limit; to confine; to restrict
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restrain
To withhold; to forbear
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restrain
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb
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restrain
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool
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restrain
To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation = check
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restrain
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
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restrain
If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me
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restrain
If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger Gladys wanted to ask, `Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so
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restrain
curb, hinder; arrest, take away one's liberty; repress, subdue fiil
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