'Restrained' definitions:
Definition of 'restrained'
From: WordNet
adjective
Cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent, unemotional]
adjective
Under restraint [ant: unrestrained]
adjective
Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate, restrained]
adjective
Not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste" [syn: quiet, restrained]
adjective
Prudent; "guarded optimism" [syn: guarded, restrained]
Definition of 'Restrained'
From: GCIDE
- Restrain \Re*strain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. [1913 Webster]
- Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To withhold; to forbear. [1913 Webster]
- Thou restrained prayer before God. --Job. xv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'restrained'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic,
- aloof,
- arrested,
- artistic,
- aseptic,
- Attic,
- backward,
- barred,
- bashful,
- beleaguered,
- beset,
- besieged,
- blank,
- blockaded,
- bound,
- bridled,
- cabined,
- caged,
- chaste,
- chastened,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- choice,
- Ciceronian,
- classic,
- clear,
- cloistered,
- closed-in,
- cold,
- confined,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- cooped,
- cordoned,
- cordoned off,
- corralled,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- curbed,
- detached,
- direct,
- discreet,
- distant,
- easy,
- elegant,
- enclosed,
- excellent,
- expressionless,
- fenced,
- finished,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- frugal,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- guarded,
- hedged,
- hemmed,
- hushed,
- icy,
- immured,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- imprisoned,
- in check,
- in control,
- in good taste,
- in hand,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inaccessible,
- incarcerated,
- incommunicable,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- jailed,
- leaguered,
- limited,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- measured,
- mewed,
- moderate,
- modest,
- natural,
- neat,
- noncommittal,
- of choice,
- of quality,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- on leash,
- paled,
- pellucid,
- penned,
- pent-up,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- pleasing,
- polished,
- pure,
- quarantined,
- quelled,
- quiet,
- railed,
- reasonable,
- refined,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- retarded,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- round,
- shrinking,
- shut-in,
- simple,
- slowed down,
- sober,
- softened,
- sparing,
- stable,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stinting,
- straightforward,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- tasteful,
- tasty,
- temperate,
- tempered,
- terse,
- trim,
- unaffable,
- unaffected,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- understated,
- unexcessive,
- unexpansive,
- unextreme,
- ungenial,
- unlabored,
- unobtrusive,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- well-chosen,
- withdrawn