inhibited

[ in-hib-i-tid ]
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adjective
  1. overly restrained.

  2. Psychology. exhibiting inhibition.

Origin of inhibited

1
First recorded in 1960–65; inhibit + -ed2

Other words from inhibited

  • o·ver·in·hib·it·ed, adjective
  • sem·i-in·hib·it·ed, adjective

Words Nearby inhibited

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How to use inhibited in a sentence

  • Pretty outlandish, but again, it just shows he is not inhibited in trying any sort of device that might let him hold onto power.

  • For fear he should be too quickly found out, he positively inhibited Charles from communicating it to his ministers.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • For externally his appearance would have been a shock, would have inhibited the pleasant intimacy at which they so soon arrived.

    The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • It may happen that in the case of feelings originally sexual their further development is inhibited.

  • The scandalmonger, inhibited from doing the forbidden thing, enjoys himself by a vicarious indulgence in rottenness.

    The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
  • If inhibited in the exercise of one mechanism of escape, the repressed wish will substitute another.

    The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin