His diet was abstemious.
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Abstemious
//æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs//
Synonyms for "abstemious" (122 found)
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41 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- въздъ́ржан adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- пестелив adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- скро́мен adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- умерен adj (sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions)
Catalan
2 entries- abstemi adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- abstemi adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有節制 /有节制 adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
Danish
1 entries- afholdende adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
Dutch
4 entries- abstinent adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
- frugaal adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- karig adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- matig adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Finnish
2 entries- kohtuullinen adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- pidättyvä adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Galician
4 entries- abstemia adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- abstemio adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- abstemio adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- abstemio adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
German
1 entries- enthaltsam adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Greek
1 entries- εγκρατής adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Italian
1 entries- astemio adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Japanese
1 entries- 禁欲的 adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Korean
2 entries- 검소한 adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- 절제하는 adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
Latin
1 entries- abstēmius adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Russian
4 entries- бережли́вый adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- возде́ржанный adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- скро́мный adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- уме́ренный adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Spanish
4 entries- abstemio adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- abstemio adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- abstemio adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
- sobrio adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
Swedish
4 entries- avhållsam adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- måttfull adj (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink)
- måttfull adj (sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation)
- måttfull adj (marked by, or spent in, abstinence)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The professor was famous for his abstemious meals.
Source: tatoeba (4995878)
His abstemious habits gave him a skeletal appearance.
Source: tatoeba (10178903)
It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
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