FESTOONERY Antonyms

• the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

• the quality of yielding nothing of value

• an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

• quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

• a change for the better

• the trait of avoiding excesses

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

• moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

• a manner that is serious and solemn

• abstaining from excess

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze