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constrained
adjective
1 constrained
Lacking spontaneity; not natural:
— A constrained smile.
synonyms: forced, strained.
Roget 881:
modest,
diffident;
humble
etc.
879;
timid,
timorous,
bashful;
shy,
nervous,
skittish,
coy,
sheepish,
shamefaced,
blushing,
overmodest.
unpretending†,
unpretentious;
unobtrusive,
unassuming,
unostentatious,
unboastful†,
unaspiring;
poor in spirit.
out of countenance
etc.
(humbled)
879.
reserved,
constrained,
demure.
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Roget 749:
subject,
dependent,
subordinate;
feudal,
feudatory;
in subjection to,
under control;
in leading strings,
in harness;
subjected,
enslaved
etc.
v.;
constrained
etc.
751;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
under the lash,
on the hip,
led by the nose,
henpecked;
the puppet of,
the sport of,
the plaything of;
under one's orders,
under one's command,
under one's thumb;
a slave to;
at the mercy of;
in the power of,
in the hands of,
in the clutches of;
at the feet of;
at one's beck and call
etc.
(obedient)
743;
liable
etc.
177;
parasitical;
stipendiary.
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Roget 751:
restrained,
constrained;
imprisoned
etc.
v.;
pent up;
jammed in,
wedged in;
under lock and key,
under restraint,
under hatches;
in swaddling clothes;
on parole;
in custody,
doing time
etc.
(prisoner)
754;
cohibitive†;
coactive
etc.
(compulsory)
744†.
stiff,
restringent†,
strait-laced,
hidebound,
barkbound†.
ice bound,
wind bound,
weather bound;
cabined cribbed confined"
[Macbeth];
in Lob's pound,
laid by the heels.
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Moby thesaurus: Olympian, aloof, arrested, backward, bashful, blank, bridled, chastened, chilled, chilly, cold, controlled, cool, curbed, detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, hushed, icy, impassive, impersonal, in check, in control, in hand, in leading strings, in remission, inaccessible, incommunicable, inhibited, introverted, limited, modest, noncommittal, offish, on leash, pent-up, quelled, quiet, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retarded, reticent, retiring, shrinking, slowed down, softened, stable, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, tempered, unaffable, unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, under control, under discipline, under restraint, unexpansive, ungenial, withdrawn ... show more.
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