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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hib•it•ed /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - overly restrained in the acting of or the expressing of one's real feelings:He was very inhibited, especially about sex.
See -hab-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hib•it•ed (in hib′i tid),USA pronunciation adj. - overly restrained.
- Psychologysuffering from inhibition.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hib•it /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to hold back (an action, impulse, etc.):This jacket inhibits free movement.
- Psychologyto restrain (one's feelings, etc.):The way she leaned over my shoulder when I worked really inhibited me.
See -hab-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hib•it (in hib′it),USA pronunciation v.t. - to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- to prohibit; forbid.
- Psychologyto consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
- Chemistryto decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction).
- Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibēre to restrain, equivalent. to in- in-2 + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold
- late Middle English inhibiten 1425–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repress, discourage, obstruct.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interdict. See forbid.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inhibit /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/ vb ( -its, -iting, -ited)(transitive)- to restrain or hinder (an impulse, a desire, etc)
- to prohibit; forbid
- to stop, prevent, or decrease the rate of (a chemical reaction)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin inhibēre to restrain, from in-² + habēre to haveinˈhibitable adj inˈhibitive, inˈhibitory adj |