Meaning of CONSTRAINED
| Pronunciation: | | kun'streynd
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| | Definition: | | [adj] lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" |
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| | Synonyms: | | affected, forced, strained, unnatural |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*strained"\, a.
Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed;
as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Olympian, 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unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, under control, under discipline, under restraint, unexpansive, ungenial, withdrawn |
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