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abstentious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of abstentious

given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites

abstentious by nature, she eats only to satisfy actual hunger—never just for the sake of eating

Synonyms of abstentious

abstemious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober, temperate

Words Related to abstentious

ascetic (also ascetical), austere

disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed

Near Antonyms of abstentious

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

Cyrenaic, hedonistic, self-pleasing, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuous, voluptuary

masturbatory, onanistic

Antonyms of abstentious

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