abstemious
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9.9
- adjective
- /æbˈstiːmiəs/
- Formal
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moderado
- After deciding to be more abstemious, he started skipping desserts and drinking water instead of soda.
- abstemious life
Examples
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Well, the exquisitely abstemious son of God resists this most tempting of temptations, just as he's resisted all the others.
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Warrior katsinas arrive to punish the clowns for licentious behavior and teach them good Hopi behavior: modest and quiet in conduct, careful and decorous in speech, abstemious and sharing about food, and unselfish about other things.
Academic text (2004) -
Be more abstemious, or else good night your vow!
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Still, I could not shake off the feeling that he hated me, the self-righteous little grade-grubbing abstemious Jew.
Fiction book (1991) -
So, as I said, I'm leery of dwarf wheat, but certainly not abstemious.
Blog text (12) -
You're uncommonly abstemious tonight.
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I couldn't stay messy on it, I hadn't had a cigarette in six hours, hadn't eaten, so... abstemious and tidy?
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While the Knights spurned the evils of liquor and actually barred saloon keepers from membership, they were not quite as abstemious as pure temperance societies.
Academic text (1996) -
She leads an abstemious lifestyle, choosing to eat healthy foods and avoid alcohol.
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To maintain his health, he has been abstemious at all family gatherings, sticking to only small portions.
Synonyms
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2.8
Not doing or using something in large amounts
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7.4
Avoiding things you enjoy, like food and drink, for discipline or religion
Choosing not to eat or drink much
Not letting people enjoy treats and comforts
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abstemious comes from Latin parts ab- 'away from' and temetum 'strong drink', and the ab- part is the same as in abstain. So, to be Abstemious is to keep 'away from' too much food or drink and to live in a moderate way.