'stifled strangled suppressed' definitions:

Definition of 'stifled strangled suppressed'

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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]