HyperDic: inhibited

English > 1 sense of the word inhibited:
ADJECTIVEallinhibitedheld back or restrained or prevented
inhibited > pronunciation
Soundsihnhhih'bahtihd
Rhymesabbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd...
English > inhibited: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningheld back or restrained or prevented.
Example"in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"
Narrowerpent-up, repressedCharacterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressedheld in check with difficulty
See alsoreservedmarked by self-restraint and reticence
restrainedUnder restraint
Oppositeuninhibitednot inhibited or restrained
Spanishcohibido

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