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单词 self-abnegating
释义

self-abnegating

adjective

self-ab·​ne·​gat·​ing ˌself-ˈab-ni-ˌgā-tiŋ How to pronounce self-abnegating (audio)
: forbearing to gratify oneself or advance one's interests : self-denying
Most latter-day first ladies have recalled enduring the self-abnegating life in the White House fishbowl with stoic determination. Jacquielynn Floyd

Synonyms

  • abstemious
  • abstentious
  • abstinent
  • continent
  • self-denying
  • sober
  • temperate
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Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

self-abnegating

adjective

as in ascetic
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites obviously not for the self-abnegating vacationer, this luxury resort is for those whose budgets and appetites know no limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ascetic
  • abstemious
  • ascetical
  • self-denying
  • temperate
  • abstinent
  • continent
  • abstentious
  • sober
  • austere
  • disciplined
  • self-disciplined
  • self-controlled
  • self-governed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sensual
  • hedonistic
  • self-indulgent
  • greedy
  • gluttonous
  • rapacious
  • voluptuous
  • voracious
  • sybaritic
  • self-pleasing
  • onanistic
  • masturbatory
  • voluptuary
  • Cyrenaic
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