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adjective
- 1. appearing forced or overly controlled: "he was acting in a constrained manner"
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CONSTRAINED definition: 1. forced to do something against your will: 2. Constrained behaviour is forced and unnatural: 3…. Learn more.
1. a. : to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation. Teenagers often feel constrained by rules. an artist constrained by a client's requirements. b. : to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode. 2. : compress. also : to clasp tightly. 3. : to secure by or as if by bonds : confine. constrained to a dungeon.
to control and limit something: The country's progress was constrained by a leader who refused to look forward. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Limiting and restricting. anti-libertarian. armlock. boundary. box someone out. box someone/something in. cripplingly. crowd. curb. curtailment. keep (herself) to herself idiom. limitation.
Something that's constrained is forced, unnatural and not very spontaneous — kind of like a linebacker trying to perform the ballet Swan Lake. Constrained contains the word strained for a reason. Mostly because anyone that's constrained is feeling a fair amount of strain because of it.
CONSTRAINT definition: 1. something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits: 2. unnatural…. Learn more.
1. forced, compelled, or obliged. a constrained confession. 2. stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed. a constrained manner. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of constrain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
