constrained

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹeɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Verb

constrained

1. simple past and past participle of constrain

Adjective

constrained (comparative more constrained, superlative most constrained)

1. Kept within close bounds; confined.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:

     The epistle is opened and read—with a little wonder, most probably not a little vexation, at its constrained style.

2. Forced; compelled.

Derived terms

• constrainedly
• constrainedness