inhibited
Definition
- Adjective:
- Held back, restrained, or prevented: Describes a person, behavior, or process that is suppressed, constrained, or not allowed to be expressed freely or naturally.
- Psychologically or socially constrained: Often refers to a person who is unable to act, feel, or express themselves spontaneously due to shyness, self-consciousness, or the internalization of social rules.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She felt too inhibited to dance in front of the crowd. (Her shyness restrained her from dancing.)
- The strict upbringing left him emotionally inhibited. (His upbringing prevented him from expressing emotions freely.)
- In certain conditions, previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear. (Reactions that were once suppressed can re-emerge.)
Advanced Usage
- "to feel inhibited": to experience a sense of restraint or inability to act freely.
- He feels inhibited about discussing his personal life at work.
- "socially inhibited": describes a person who is reserved or restrained in social interactions.
- The socially inhibited child preferred reading to playing with others.
Variants and Related Words
- Inhibit (verb): to hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process.
- Fear can inhibit people from taking risks.
- Inhibition (noun): a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way; or the action of inhibiting.
- He has no inhibitions about speaking his mind.
- Uninhibited (adjective): not inhibited; expressing feelings or thoughts freely.
- She gave an uninhibited laugh.
Synonyms
- Restrained: held back, kept under control.
- Repressed: restrained, suppressed, especially feelings or desires.
- Reserved: slow to reveal emotions or opinions.
- Constrained: appearing forced or unnatural.
Antonyms
- Uninhibited: free and natural, not restrained.
- Spontaneous: performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse.
- Expressive: effectively conveying thought or feeling.
Related Phrases
- Inhibited by something: prevented or held back due to a specific factor.
- His creativity was inhibited by the strict rules.
- Loss of inhibition: a decrease in the normal restraints on behavior.
- Alcohol can cause a loss of inhibition.
Adjective
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held back or restrained or prevented
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in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear
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