immured
Confined behind walls
Immured means walled in or confined, from the Latin for wall.
To immure someone is to enclose them within walls, especially as punishment or imprisonment: The prisoner was immured in a tiny cell for decades.
The word extends to any severe confinement or isolation: immured in her apartment during the long winter, immured in routine.
Literary and somewhat formal.
Held in custody
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- captiveOne held by force
- detainedHeld against one's will
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
caged · trapped · prison · cell · dungeon · barred · shackles · chains
Placed beneath earth
- interredDeposited in earth
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
sarcophagus · mausoleum · vault · catacomb · sepulcher · enshrined · encased · funerary
imprisoned
Held in custody
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- captiveOne held by force
- detainedHeld against one's will
locked · caged · trapped · prison · cell · dungeon · barred · shackles · chains · fettered
buried
Placed beneath earth
crypt · sarcophagus · mausoleum · vault · catacomb · sepulcher · enshrined · encased · funerary · burial
secluded
Set apart, private
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- reclusiveSeeking isolation from others
hermitic · cut-off · separated · alienated · estranged · detached · disconnected · remote · inaccessible · unreachable
monastic
Of religious community life
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
hermitage · cell · nun · monk · anchorite · anchoress · vow · religious · contemplative · abbey
immuredfreed
Released from confinement
released · liberated · free · unconfined · at liberty