restrained

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Adjective

restrained

1. Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

   He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.

Translations

held back, limited, kept in check or under control

• Dutch: beheerst (nl)
• Finnish: hillitty (fi)

• Lithuanian: santūrus (lt)
• Russian: сдержанный (ru) (sdéržannyj)

Verb

restrained

1. simple past tense and past participle of restrain

   He was restrained by the straight jacket.

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