Overview of verb inhibit

The verb inhibit has 4 senses

• suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")


• inhibit -- (limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs")


• inhibit -- (limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction")


• inhibit, bottle up, suppress -- (control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)

Overview of adj inhibited

The adj inhibited has 1 sense

• inhibited -- (held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear")