Stella proved to be far more inhibited than her more adventurous father.
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Inhibited
Synonyms for "inhibited" (61 found)
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Related words (30)
repressedreservedrestrainedretardedreticentself-consciousshysilentslowed downsoberunder controlunder disciplineunder restraintundersexedunresponsiveuptight
Verb(11 words)
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11 entriesbehavioral regulationbehavioral statebiochemical regulationbiochemical statecontrolenzyme regulationmental conditionmolecular controlpsychological stateregulationsocial constraint
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14 entriesblock enzyme activitycompetitive inhibitioncurb spontaneous responsesdampen expressive behavioremotionally inhibitedenzyme inhibitiongene expression inhibitionhinder growthlimit vocal participationnoncompetitive inhibitionprevent propagationreceptor signaling inhibitionsocially inhibitedsuppress transcription
Collocations
11 entriesemotionally inhibitedenzyme inhibitiongene expressiongrowth inhibitioninhibited behaviorinhibited gene expressioninhibited growthinhibitory controlinhibitory effectsocially inhibitedtranscription inhibition
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
8 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
You're never going to make it in showbiz, you're too inhibited.
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It won't do to be so inhibited when you go up on stage.
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Economic experts warn that lockdowns could devastate the country’s economy, which is already inhibited by international sanctions.
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