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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in restrained, repressed
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- balky,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disobedient,
- froward,
- incompliant,
- insubordinate,
- intractable,
- noncompliant,
- obstreperous,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- restive,
- unamenable,
- ungovernable,
- unruly,
- untoward,
- wayward,
- willful
- (or wilful)
constrained
verbpast tense of constrain
Synonyms & Antonyms of constrained (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
- constrained by conscience to tell only the truth
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2
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
- constrained his anger at the needless interruption
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