abstemious

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abstemious
adj. not indulgent, satisfied with little, sparing, moderate


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abstemious
Adjective
1. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
(antonym) gluttonous
(similar) abstinent, abstentious
(see-also) nonindulgent
(attribute) abstemiousness
2. marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
(synonym) light(a)
(similar) temperate



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Abstemious
(a.)
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
  
 
(a.)
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
  
 
(a.)
Promotive of abstemiousness.
  
 
(a.)
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
  
 
(a.)
Abstaining from wine.
  

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abstemious
adj.
پرہيزگار , پارسا , متقي , بھکت , سنت , بھگت

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abstemious
Synonyms and related words:
Apostolic, Encratic, Lenten, Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate, chaste, continent, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, fruitarian, impoverished, jejune, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, narrow, nephalistic, niggardly, on the wagon, paltry, parsimonious, poor, puny, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, self-abnegating, self-denying, sexually abstinent, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, small, sober, spar, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy, stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, sworn off, teetotal, temperate, thin, unnourishing, unnutritious, vegetarian, watered, watery,
  

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