pent up
adjective
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: arrested, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, bridled, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, constrained, controlled, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, curbed, detained, enclosed, fenced, guarded, hedged, hemmed, immured, impounded, imprisoned, in check, in confinement, in leading strings, in remission, incarcerated, inhibited, jailed, kept in, leaguered, mewed, on leash, paled, penned, pent, quarantined, railed, restrained, restricted, retarded, shut-in, slowed down, under control, under discipline, under restraint, walled, walled-in ... show more.
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