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Unrestrained vs Rakish - What's the difference?

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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)
  • immoderate; not restrained or held in check
  • The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
  • spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
  • Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
  • Not subject to physical restraint.
  • * 2009 , Russell Colling, ?Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)
  • Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.

    Antonyms

    * restrained

    Derived terms

    * unrestrainedly * unrestrainedness

    See also

    * rampant * unbridled

    rakish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
  • ... 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)
  • (dated) like a rake; dissolute; profligate
  • * Macaulay
  • The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.

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