vverb.changeprohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing somethingExamples:- Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs
Derivationally Related Form:inhibitoryinhibitorinhibition
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibitprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.sociallimit, block, or decrease the action or function ofTopic:biological sciencebiologychemical sciencechemistry
Examples:- inhibit the action of the enzyme
- inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction
Derivationally Related Form:inhibitor
Hypernyms:hinder impede
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibitimpedeprevent
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.socialconsciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviorSynset:bottle up inhibit suppress
Examples:- suppress a smile
- he let his anger bottle up until he exploded
Derivationally Related Form:inhibition
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibit
Direct Hyponyms:chokedampenmufflerepresssmotherstiflestrangle
Full Troponyms:chokesmotherstiflesuffocate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.emotionmake (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturallyExamples:- his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally
Hypernyms:discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibitupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adjadj.allheld back or restrained or preventedExamples:- in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear
Antonyms:uninhibited
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibited
Similar to:pent-up repressed smothered stifled strangled suppressed
See also:reserved restrained