Unrestrained vs Rakish - What's the difference?
unrestrained | rakish | Related terms |
immoderate; not restrained or held in check
spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
Not subject to physical restraint.
* 2009 , Russell Colling, ?Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)
dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
(dated) like a rake; dissolute; profligate
* Macaulay
Unrestrained is a related term of rakish.
As adjectives the difference between unrestrained and rakish
is that unrestrained is immoderate; not restrained or held in check while rakish is dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.unrestrained
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
- Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
- Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.
Antonyms
* restrainedDerived terms
* unrestrainedly * unrestrainednessSee also
* rampant * unbridledrakish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ... the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood." (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)
- The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.