withheldadj.
/wɪðˈhɛld/, /wɪθˈhɛld/, U.S. /wɪθˈhɛld/, /wɪðˈhɛld/ Kept or held back.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [adjective] > kept
withheld1753
held1820
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > suppressed or restrained
suppressed1536
retent1568
self-restrained1700
buttoned-up1767
self-restraining1777
self-repressed1814
reserveful1827
self-repressing1849
withheld1914
1753–4 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xxviii. 177 My with~held breath raised my complexion, and swelled my features.
1914 A. Rives World's-end (ed. 6) xl His face had a curious, withheld look as he stooped to kiss her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1753- to look about one
- to look adoyle
- to look after
- to look after number one
- to look after one's fences
- to look again
- to look against
- to look againward
- to look ahead
- to look alive
- to look aloft
- to look alow
- to look around
- to look as
- to look as if
- to look as if one came out of a bandbox
- to look as though
- to look aside
- to look askance
- to look askew
- to look at
- to look at etc
- to look at her
- to look at him
- to look at the eyes