Restrained vs Jocular - What's the difference?
restrained | jocular |
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
(restrain)
(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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As adjectives the difference between restrained and jocular
is that restrained is held back, limited, kept in check or under control while jocular is (formal) humorous]], amusing or [[joke|joking.As a verb restrained
is (restrain).restrained
English
Adjective
(head)- He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.
Verb
(head)- He was restrained by the straight jacket.
Anagrams
*jocular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular .
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.