Self-denying

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
     Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
     {Self`-de*ny"ing*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-denying
       adj 1: willing to deprive yourself [syn: {self-giving}, {self-sacrificing}]
       2: used especially of behavior [syn: {renunciant}, {renunciative},
           {self-abnegating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-denying":
     Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist,
     Waldensian, abstinent, altruistic, anchoritic, ascetic, austere,
     committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, disinterested,
     eremitic, flagellant, humble, mendicant, modest, puritanical,
     rigoristic, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating,
     self-abnegatory, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful,
     self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing,
     self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, unacquisitive,
     unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self,
     wedded to poverty