Vocabulary
Restrained
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.
Urdu meaning
ضبط شدہ، قابو میں رکھنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- When the Genocide Convention was adopted, he warned: `No one believed that a state committing those crimes would be restrained by the existence of a convention, or would surrender itself for trial to an international tribunal.
- Ironically, the Inquisition was at times more restrained than the local courts, which tended to act out of fear and popular pressure and on the basis of rumour.
- Both conflicts demonstrated an erosion of the psychological barriers that may have once restrained or deterred states from striking each.
- On balance, these extrapolations from the Israel-Iran conflict questionable as some of them might be risk emboldening a more expansive, less restrained approach in the next crisis between India and Pakistan.
- The relatively restrained fiscal deficit (thus far) and the rebuilding of reserves had helpedimprove the underlying monetary aggregates, which in turn have helped stem the inflationary tide.
Synonyms
self-controlled, controlled, self-restrained, moderate, not given to excesses, sober
Antonyms
immoderate, emotional
Curator example
“his restrained, gentlemanly voice”
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