abstainer
IPA: ʌbstˈeɪnɝ
noun
- a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- practices self denial as spiritual discipline
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Examples of "abstainer" in Sentences
- But few of the infidels are total abstainers.
- So...do you identify as an abstainer or a moderator?
- I have been a hardxss crocs abstainer for the last 5 years or so.
- And I salute another sugar cook (and sugar abstainer) – it is not easy to do, is it?
- An abstainer "abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others."
- Re Lent, Bierce put it best: the abstainer is a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
- Perhaps this is the flip side of being an abstainer, but I've found that if I'm trying to make myself do something, I do better if I do that thing every day.
- As an abstainer, I often get disapproving comments like, "It's not healthy to take such a severe approach" or "It would be better to learn how to manage yourself" or "Can't you let yourself have a little fun?"