NONINDULGENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

Synonyms:

nonindulgent; strict

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

austere; stern (of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect)

blue; puritanic; puritanical (morally rigorous and strict)

corrective; disciplinal; disciplinary (designed to promote discipline)

monkish (befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial)

self-disciplined; self-restraining (used of nonindulgent persons)

severe; spartan (unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment)

Also:

abstemious (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink)

Antonym:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

Derivation:

nonindulgence (the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures))