Pushed
Restrained
Restrained adjective - Not excessively showy.
Pushed is an antonym for restrained.
Nearby Words: restraint, restraining
Both words in one sentence
-
Berserk Button: Dave Hester can dish out stealth insults, but he does have a tolerance limit: Brandon's hat that defaced Dave's business pushed the normally restrained Dave into an angry outburst.
Source: Series / Storage Wars
Cite this Source
Restrained and Pushed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pushed/restrained
Pushed & Restrained. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pushed/restrained>.
Restrained or Pushed. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pushed/restrained.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "pushed" and "restrained" have occurred on timeline