The Collaborative International Dictionary
stifled strangled suppressed
inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of uninhibited. [Narrower terms: pent-up, repressed ; {stifled, strangled, suppressed ] Also See: {reserved, restrained.
Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too inhibited to make friends easily.