Definitions for inhibited

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inhibited in·hib·it·ed

Spelling: [in-hib-i-tid]

IPA: /ɪnˈhɪb ɪ tɪd/

Inhibited is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in inhibited (bdehiiint).

Definitions for inhibited

adjective

1. overly restrained.
2. Psychology. suffering from inhibition.

verb (used with object)

1. to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2. to prohibit; forbid.
3. Psychology. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
4. Chemistry. to decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction).

Origin of inhibited

First recorded in 1960-65; inhibit + -ed²

Examples for inhibited

More than this, these contractions cannot usually be inhibited.

Greater increase or decrease, inhibited them and produced albinos.

I did say, "Don't be inhibited, do what you think you should."

It was only the psychophysical pain in the brain which had been inhibited.

They would normally be inhibited from taking an "anti-Israel" stance in the international arena.

Thinking and cognition can be inhibited, with executive function demonstrating particularly notable challenges.

The suggestion of art has inhibited in us every contrary idea.

Any instincts of the family man which might once have reigned in him had long since been inhibited.

Pretty outlandish, but again, it just shows he is not inhibited in trying any sort of device that might let him hold onto power.

I published my sermon and sent it to the bishop, and he inhibited me!