| VERB | change | inhibit | limit the range or extent of |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | inhibit | limit, block, or decrease the action or function of | |
| social | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | control and refrain from showing | |
| emotion | inhibit | make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally |
| Sounds | ihnhhih'baht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Limit the range or extent of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | inhibir | |
| Catalan | inhibir | |
| Adjectives | inhibitory | restrictive of action |
| Nouns | inhibition | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) |
| inhibitor | a substance that retards or stops an activity | |
| Meaning | Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter | |
| Broader | impede, hinder | Be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| Nouns | inhibitor | a substance that retards or stops an activity |
| Meaning | Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bottle up, suppress | |
| Narrower | choke | check or slow down the action or effect of |
| smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress | conceal or hide | |
| stifle, dampen | smother or suppress | |
| Spanish | refrenar, reprimir, suprimir | |
| Catalan | refrenar, reprimir | |
| Nouns | inhibition | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires / desires |
| Meaning | Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally" | |
| Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
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