inhibited (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *inhibited*:
ADJECTIVE	all	inhibited	held back or restrained or prevented

inhibited > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnhhih'bahtihd
Rhymes	abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd...

English > *inhibited*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	held back or restrained or prevented.
Example	"in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"
Narrower	pent-up, repressed	Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
Narrower	smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed	held in check with difficulty
See also	reserved	marked by self-restraint and reticence
See also	restrained	Under restraint
Opposite	uninhibited	not inhibited or restrained
Spanish	cohibido

HyperDic: inhibited