'Self-denying' definitions:
Definition of 'self-denying'
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Definition of 'Self-denying'
From: GCIDE
- Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a. Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- {Self`-de*ny"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-denying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstinent,
- Albigensian,
- altruistic,
- anchoritic,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- Catharist,
- committed,
- consecrated,
- dedicated,
- devoted,
- disinterested,
- eremitic,
- flagellant,
- Franciscan,
- humble,
- mendicant,
- modest,
- puritanical,
- rigoristic,
- Sabbatarian,
- sacrificing,
- self-abasing,
- self-abnegating,
- self-abnegatory,
- self-devoted,
- self-effacing,
- self-forgetful,
- self-immolating,
- self-neglectful,
- self-neglecting,
- self-renouncing,
- self-sacrificing,
- self-unconscious,
- selfless,
- Trappist,
- unacquisitive,
- unpossessive,
- unpretentious,
- unselfish,
- unsparing of self,
- Waldensian,
- wedded to poverty