What is the meaning of restrained?

verb

  • Keep under control; keep in check.
    • usage: "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
  • Place limits on (extent or access. )
    • usage: "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
  • To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.
    • usage: "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"
  • Hold back.
  • To compel or deter by or as if by threats.

adjective

  • Cool and formal in manner.
  • Under restraint.
  • Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes.
    • usage: "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
  • Not showy or obtrusive.
    • usage: "clothes in quiet good taste"
  • Prudent.
    • usage: "guarded optimism"
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APAWordNet. (2010). restrained. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/restrained/definitions/1182304
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MLAWordNet. "restrained" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/restrained/definitions/1182304>
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