renunciant renunciative self-abnegating self-denying
- renunciant renunciative self-abnegating self-denying
- nonindulgent
onindulgent adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
{abstemious}. Antonym: {indulgent}.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unpermissive. Opposite of {permissive}.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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self-denying — adjective 1. willing to deprive yourself • Syn: ↑self giving, ↑self sacrificing • Similar to: ↑unselfish 2. used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciant, ↑renuncia … Useful english dictionary
self-abnegating — adjective used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciant, ↑renunciative, ↑self denying • Similar to: ↑nonindulgent, ↑strict • Derivationally related forms: ↑renounce … Useful english dictionary
self-disciplined — nonindulgent onindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self abnegating, self denying… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
renunciative — adjective used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciant, ↑self abnegating, ↑self denying • Similar to: ↑nonindulgent, ↑strict • Derivationally related forms: ↑renounce … Useful english dictionary
renunciant — adjective used especially of behavior • Syn: ↑renunciative, ↑self abnegating, ↑self denying • Similar to: ↑nonindulgent, ↑strict • Derivationally related forms: ↑renounce … Useful english dictionary
nonindulgent — adjective characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint • Syn: ↑strict • Ant: ↑indulgent • Similar to: ↑austere, ↑stern, ↑blue, ↑puritanic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
austere forbidding stern — nonindulgent onindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self abnegating, self denying… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blueprenominal puritan puritanical — nonindulgent onindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self abnegating, self denying… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corrective disciplinary disciplinal — nonindulgent onindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self abnegating, self denying… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monkish — nonindulgent onindulgent adj. 1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding, stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ; {corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ; {renunciant, renunciative, self abnegating, self denying… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
