After playing a theremin, all other instruments make you feel like you're in a straitjacket.
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Straitjacket
//ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt//
Synonyms for "straitjacket" (69 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 33 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- զսպաշապիկ noun (a jacket-like garment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- усмирителна риза noun (a jacket-like garment)
Catalan
1 entries- camisa de força noun (a jacket-like garment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 約束服 /约束服 noun (a jacket-like garment)
- 緊身衣 /紧身衣 noun (a jacket-like garment)
Czech
1 entries- svěrací kazajka noun (a jacket-like garment)
Danish
1 entries- spændetrøje noun (a jacket-like garment)
Dutch
3 entries- dwangbuis noun (a jacket-like garment)
- iemand een dwangbuis aandoen verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
- iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken verb (to restrict the freedom of)
Esperanto
1 entries- trudkitelo noun (a jacket-like garment)
Estonian
1 entries- hullusärk noun (a jacket-like garment)
Finnish
3 entries- pakkopaita noun (a jacket-like garment)
- pukea pakkopaitaan verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
- pukea pakkopaitaan verb (to restrict the freedom of)
French
2 entries- camisole de force noun (a jacket-like garment)
- camisole de force verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
German
1 entries- Zwangsjacke noun (a jacket-like garment)
Greek
1 entries- ζουρλομανδύας noun (a jacket-like garment)
Hungarian
1 entries- kényszerzubbony noun (a jacket-like garment)
Icelandic
1 entries- spennitreyja noun (a jacket-like garment)
Ido
2 entries- koakto-kamizolo noun (a jacket-like garment)
- koakto-kamizolizar verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
Irish
1 entries- seaicéad ceangail noun (a jacket-like garment)
Italian
1 entries- camicia di forza noun (a jacket-like garment)
Japanese
1 entries- 拘束衣 noun (a jacket-like garment)
Korean
1 entries- 강압복 noun (a jacket-like garment)
Macedonian
1 entries- лудачка кошула noun (a jacket-like garment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tvangstrøye noun (a jacket-like garment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tvangstrøye noun (a jacket-like garment)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spaunjak noun (a jacket-like garment)
Polish
1 entries- kaftan bezpieczeństwa noun (a jacket-like garment)
Portuguese
2 entries- camisa de força noun (a jacket-like garment)
- colete de forças noun (a jacket-like garment)
Romanian
2 entries- cămașă de forță noun (a jacket-like garment)
- cămașă de forță verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
Russian
1 entries- смири́тельная руба́шка noun (a jacket-like garment)
Spanish
1 entries- camisa de fuerza noun (a jacket-like garment)
Swedish
3 entries- tvångströja noun (a jacket-like garment)
- förkväva verb (to restrict the freedom of)
- sätta tvångströja på verb (to put someone into a straitjacket)
Turkish
1 entries- deli gömleği noun (a jacket-like garment)
Welsh
1 entries- caethwasgod noun (a jacket-like garment)
Yiddish
1 entries- משוגעים־העמדל noun (a jacket-like garment)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
They put Tom in a straitjacket.
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They put him in a straitjacket.
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They put her in a straitjacket.
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