'Inhibited' definitions:

Definition of 'inhibited'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" [ant: uninhibited]

Definition of 'Inhibited'

From: GCIDE
  • Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. [1913 Webster]
  • Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. [1913 Webster]
  • All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis. [PJC]
  • 4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. [PJC]

Definition of 'inhibited'

From: GCIDE
  • inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
  • 1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited. [Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: reserved, restrained. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'inhibited'

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