constrainedadjective
uk/kənˈstreɪnd/us/kənˈstreɪnd/constrained to do sth
forced to do something against your will:
Don't feel constrained to do what he says - he has no authority.
Constrained behaviour is forced and unnatural:
a constrained voice/manner
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Duty, obligation and responsibility
- accountable
- answer for sb/sth
- answer for sth
- answer to sb
- answerable
- brother
- commitment
- fail
- I am not my brother's keeper idiom
- in the hot seat idiom
- incharge
- it's your own lookout idiom
- job
- portfolio
- responsible
- risk
- saddle sb with sth
- social contract
- stick
- stick sb with sth
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