Imprisoned

//ɪmˈpɹɪzənd//

Synonyms for "imprisoned" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

arrest barred behind bars beleaguered beset besieged blockaded bound cabined caged

Adjective(1 words)

banged up

Strong matches (15)

Adjective(2 words)

captive confined

cloistered closed-in confined cooped cordoned cordoned off corralled cramped cribbed enclosed fenced hedged hemmed

Related words (25)

hemmed in immured in captivity in durance vile in prison in stir incarcerated inside jailed leaguered locked up mewed paled penned pent up pent-up quarantined railed restrained shut in

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shut-in unfree walled walled-in

Adjective(1 words)

jailed

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nonimprisoned unimprisoned

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imprison

related to

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imprison

similar

2 entries

unfree

Sample sentences

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The man was imprisoned for murder.

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All were imprisoned by the Allies after the war and later sentenced to death or given long prison terms for war crimes.

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He ran the risk of being caught and imprisoned.

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Eleanor suffered severely for her conjugal affection even after the death of her husband by being imprisoned for the dreadful period of forty-three years.

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