Search Result:restrained
Overview of verb restrain
The verb restrain has 5 senses
- restrain, keep, keep back, hold back -- (keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool")
- restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")
- restrain, confine, hold -- (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")
- restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain -- (hold back)
- intimidate, restrain -- (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)
Overview of adj restrained
The adj restrained has 5 senses
- restrained, reticent, unemotional -- (cool and formal in manner)
- restrained -- (under restraint)
- moderate, restrained -- (marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response")
- quiet, restrained -- (not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste")
- guarded, restrained -- (prudent; "guarded optimism")