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List of antonyms from "restive" to antonyms from "resume"
Discover our 368 antonyms available for the terms "restiveness, restoration, restless, restorative, results" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.
- Restive (7 antonyms)
- Restiveness (12 antonyms)
- Restless (13 antonyms)
- Restlessly (3 antonyms)
- Restora-tive (9 antonyms)
- Restorable (2 antonyms)
- Restoration (5 antonyms)
- Restorative (5 antonyms)
- Restore (10 antonyms)
- Restrain (23 antonyms)
- Restrained (7 antonyms)
- Restrainer (23 antonyms)
- Restraint (26 antonyms)
- Restrict (26 antonyms)
- Restricted (2 antonyms)
- Restrictedly (4 antonyms)
- Restricting (26 antonyms)
- Restyle (25 antonyms)
- Restyling (26 antonyms)
- Result in (58 antonyms)
- Resultant (7 antonyms)
- Resulting (17 antonyms)
- Results (26 antonyms)
- Resume (6 antonyms)
Definition of the day : « restrain »
- verb keep under control; hold back
- Has this fearful pestilence no power to restrain the appetites and passions of the people?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The railroad can do it, to restrain its employees from striking.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Mary made no effort to restrain the smile caused by the costume of Mr. Griggs.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It was all he could do to restrain himself from roaring aloud in his rage.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- When he did begin to restrain himself, it was that he might spare her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Pierre had to restrain a smile, for be had heard the story from Doctor Chassaigne.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Their voices were rising in spite of their efforts to restrain them.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- He was shaken by so frightful a sob, that Guillaume could not restrain his own tears.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And I would have you restrain your wishes before him, that you had not met him, and the like.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson