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self-controlled

self-controlled adjective: possessing self-control; having control or mastery of one's own emotions, impulses, or desires. Also the simple past and past participle of self-control.

Adjective

self-controlled (comparative more self-controlled, superlative most self-controlled)

  1. Possessing self-control; having control or mastery of one's own emotions, impulses, or desires.

Also used as

self-controlled is also the simple past and past participle of self-control.

Forms of self-controlled

comparativemore self-controlled
superlativemost self-controlled

Origin of self-controlled

From self- + controlled.

Questions about self-controlled

What does self-controlled mean?
Self-controlled means possessing self-control; having control or mastery of one's own emotions, impulses, or desires.
What part of speech is self-controlled?
Self-controlled is an adjective.

Words near self-controlled in the dictionary

  1. self-contradiction
  2. self-contradictions
  3. self-contradictory
  4. self-contradicts
  5. self-control
  6. self-controlled
  7. self-controlling
  8. self-controls
  9. self-convicted
  10. self-conviction
  11. self-cooker

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