INHIBITED
Dictionary entry overview: What does inhibited mean? • INHIBITED (adjective)
The adjective INHIBITED has 1 sense:
1. held back or restrained or prevented
Familiarity information: INHIBITED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INHIBITED (adjective)
Meaning:
Held back or restrained or prevented
Context example:
in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear
Similar:
pent-up; repressed (characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions)
smothered; stifled; strangled; suppressed (held in check with difficulty)
Also:
reserved (marked by self-restraint and reticence)
restrained (under restraint)
Antonym:
uninhibited (not inhibited or restrained)
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