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Definition of inhibited : of Inhibit

Synonyms:

strangled, smothered, self-controlled, reserved, ardorless, self-restrained, sex, cold, stifled, noncommittal, frigid, unresponsive, pent-up, restraint, passionless

detained, fouled, bottlenecked, plugged, snarled, restricted, clogged, stopped, cramped, snagged, crimped, encumbered, baffled, handicapped, caught, dammed, delayed, complicated, frustrated, burdened, entrapped, braked, choked, blocked, constrained, dragged, bunged, hamstrung, impaired, tangled, fettered, paralyzed, curbed, constipated, interrupted, entangled, congested, mired, stayed, hampered, jammed, thwarted, crippled

contradicted, hindered, fought, intercepted, disagreed, protested, crossed, interfered, impeded, obstructed, repelled, countered, resisted, oppressed, antagonized, objected, counteracted, suppressed, opposed, counterattacked, confronted, challenged, rebuffed, repressed, meddled, repulsed, defied, conflicted, disputed

curtailed, refused, disapproved, outlawed, disqualified, forbade, rejected, precluded, forbidden, prohibited, controlled, denied, disallowed

leashed, confined, shackled, tethered, collared, constricted, bridled, bound

dampened, deterred, disheartened, banned, depressed, restrained, dissuaded, barred, averted, discouraged, prevented, checked, daunted, admonished, chilled, diverted, disinclined, intimidated, derailed, deflected

Usage examples:

• You will be inhibited in every diocese; you will have the millstone of an unpaid debt round your neck; you are a married man." - "The Altar Steps", Compton MacKenzie.
• The fact that these and other States have inhibited their legislatures from the exercise of this power, shows that the abolition of slavery is acknowledged to be a proper subject of legislation, when Constitutions impose no restrictions. - "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus", American Anti-Slavery Society.
• The States were the grantors; they made the compact; they gave the Federal agent its powers; they inhibited themselves from doing certain things, and all else they retained to themselves. - "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis.