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self-depriving — adj … Useful english dictionary
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sober — adj 1. not intoxicated or drunk, temperate, teetotal, Inf. sworn off, Sl. on the wagon or water wagon, Brit. on the water cart; prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon. 2. abstemious, habitually abstinent, nonindulgent; moderate, self restrained,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
chaste — adj 1. virtuous, good, innocent, modest; pure, Archaic. honest, virgin, virginal, vestal, maidenly, maidenish or maidish; untouched, undefiled, unused, uncorrupted, unadulterated, unsullied, unsoiled; pristine, fresh, clean, immaculate, snowy;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
abstemious — adj 1. habitually abstinent, nonin dulgent, moderate, temperate; teetotal, nondrinking, sober, not intoxicated or drunk, prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon; continent, celibate, fasting, dieting; puritanical, puritanlike, austere, self… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
continent — n 1. mainland, main, Latin. terra firma. adj 2. chaste, celibate, virgin, virginal; pure, untouched, undefiled; virtuous, innocent, good; pristine, uncorrupted, unsullied, stainless. 3. temperate, moderate, self restrained, self controlled;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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