Guarded

/ˈɡɑɹdɪd/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of guard.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of guard
2. Cautious; restrained.
3. Watched over; supervised.
4. (especially heraldry) Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).

Example Sentences

guarded outlook

guarded optimism

The employees reacted with guarded optimism to the new agreement reached by their trade union.

On the helmet , which is of gold, affrontee, guarded with perpendicular bars, and adorned with a mantled gules, doubled, or, is this crest.

On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a gurnet (fish) urinant proper.

Sable, an eagle displayed argent, crowned with an electoral bonnet gules, guarded argent (or ermine).

Or, three swords in fess palewise azure, guarded vert, hilted gules; unidentified. Fouquet suggests that this is the device of the fictional king of Monteini, but notes that it might be the device of the fictional king of Bicheny.

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Word Forms

• more guarded
• most guarded

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