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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of inhibiting
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as in impeding
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning
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as in controlling
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations
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as in discouraging
to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself
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“Inhibiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhibiting. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.
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