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self-denying

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of self-denying

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

found the self-denying life of the monks at the monastery unexpectedly appealing

Synonyms of self-denying

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

Words Related to self-denying

ascetic (also ascetical), austere

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

Near Antonyms of self-denying

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

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

masturbatory, onanistic

Antonyms of self-denying

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