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inhibit

verb

1 inhibit

Prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something.

Roget 706: hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite, embarrass.    keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, ... show more

Roget 761: prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop [Law]; bar; debar etc. ... show more

2 inhibit

Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of.

3 inhibit

Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior.

synonyms: bottle up, suppress.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Dutch: knarsetanden, tandenknarsen, verbijten

4 inhibit

Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally.


Moby thesaurus: arrest, avert, ban, bar, bit, bottle up, box up, bridle, cage, check, cloister, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, coop, coop in, coop up ... show more.

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inhibiting

Moby thesaurus: choking, constraining, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, hindering, hindersome, in the way, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, repressive, restraining, restrictive, stifling ... show more.

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