restrained

Definition of restrained in English English dictionary: Held back, limited, kept in check or under control
He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.; Simple past tense and past participle of restrain
He was restrained by the straight jacket.; approval If you describe someone's clothes or the decorations in a house as restrained, you mean that you like them because they are simple and not too brightly-coloured. Her black suit was restrained and expensive; prudent; "guarded optimism"; {s} curbed, hindered; under arrest, deprived of liberty; repressed, subdued; cool and formal in manner; Someone who is restrained is very calm and unemotional. In the circumstances he felt he'd been very restrained; marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"; under restraint; not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"; free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"; Past tense of to restrain; curbed
restrained himself: controlled himself
restrain: To restrict or limit
restrain: To deprive of liberty
restrainedly: In a restrained way; with restraint
restrain: {v} to withhold, keep in, curb, suppress
restrainedly: {a} with restraint, with bounds
restrain: To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation = check
restrain: 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: {f} curb, hinder; arrest, take away one's liberty; repress, subdue
restrain: To withhold; to forbear
restrain: to control or keep in check
restrain: To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge
restrain: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
restrain: If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me
restrain: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool
restrain: If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger Gladys wanted to ask, `Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so
restrain: To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb
restrain: to compel or deter by or as if by threats
restrain: hold back
restrain: To limit; to confine; to restrict
restrain: To draw back toghtly, as a rein
restrain: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
restrainedly: With restraint
restrainedly: reservedly, with restraint, while controlling one's emotions