vverb.socialcompel to behave in a certain waySynset:constrain enforce impose
Examples:- Social relations impose courtesy
- duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations
Derivationally Related Form:enforcement
Hypernyms:compel obligate oblige
Inherited Hypernyms:enforcecompelinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactto close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movementSynset:confine constrain hold restrain
Examples:- This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
- About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
- The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
- The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
Derivationally Related Form:holdrestrainerrestraint
Hypernyms:disable disenable incapacitate
Inherited Hypernyms:restraindisablechange
Direct Hyponyms:bindenchainfetterfoldgroundimpoundpen uppinionpoundpound upshackletie downtie uptruss
Full Troponyms:chain upenchainfaggotfettergroundhog-tieimpoundmanaclepen uppinionpoundtie down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: confine, restrain)
vverb.changeseverely restrict in scope or extentSynset:constrain stiffen tighten tighten up
Examples:- tighten the rules
- stiffen the regulations
Hypernyms:bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Inherited Hypernyms:stiffenrestrict
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alllacking spontaneity; not naturalSynset:forced strained
Examples:- a constrained smile
- forced heartiness
- a strained smile
Antonyms:unaffected
Inherited Hypernyms:constrained
Similar to:affected unnatural