abstainer
pronunciation
How to pronounce abstainer in British English:
UK [əbˈsteɪnə(r)]
How to pronounce abstainer in American English:
US [ əbˈsteɪnər]
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- Noun:
- practices self denial as spiritual discipline
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
Word Origin
- abstainer (n.)
- mid-15c., "one who practices self-denial," agent noun from abstain.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Abstainer : a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure .
- 2. Whatever it is abstract or concrete , you must understand a lot that he is a total abstainer , and he keeps an abstemious life all the time .