inhibit
Keep from happening
To inhibit is to hold back, restrain, or prevent.
A drug may inhibit the growth of bacteria.
Social anxiety inhibits some people from speaking up.
His presence inhibited honest discussion.
The related adjective inhibited describes someone restrained by psychological barriers, especially regarding emotions or sexuality: She was too inhibited to dance in public.
To impose limits upon
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- constrainTo limit or restrict
- curtailTo cut short
- confineRestrict to boundaries
narrow · reduce · diminish · circumscribe · bound · cap · regulate · moderate
Stop in advance
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- hinderObstruct or delay
- impedeTo obstruct movement
- obstructBlock or hinder passage
hamper · thwart · deter · preclude · forestall · stop · halt · arrest
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- impulseSudden urge to act
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
avoidance · defense mechanism · conditioning · neurotransmitter · prefrontal cortex · behavioral · social anxiety · shyness
Declare not allowed
- banOfficial restriction on something
- barDrinking establishment
- disallowRefuse to permit
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
veto · outlaw · interdict · embargo · enjoin · taboo · criminalize · censor
Protein that hastens reactions
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
- proteinFolded amino chain
- cellBasic unit of life
growth · synthesis · uptake · reuptake · signal · pathway · competitive · noncompetitive
suppress
Forcibly put an end to
quell · subdue · dampen · mute · silence · squash · quench · choke · strangle · throttle
restrict
To impose limits upon
confine · narrow · reduce · diminish · circumscribe · bound · cap · regulate · moderate · temper
prevent
Stop in advance
obstruct · hamper · thwart · deter · preclude · forestall · stop · halt · arrest · intercept
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- impulseSudden urge to act
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
fear · avoidance · defense mechanism · conditioning · neurotransmitter · prefrontal cortex · behavioral · social anxiety · shyness · hesitation
forbid
Declare not allowed
proscribe · veto · outlaw · interdict · embargo · enjoin · taboo · criminalize · censor · blacklist
enzyme
Protein that hastens reactions
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
- proteinFolded amino chain
cell · growth · synthesis · uptake · reuptake · signal · pathway · competitive · noncompetitive · substrate
- growth inhibitionBlocking normal development
- rust inhibitorSubstance preventing metal oxidation
- lowered inhibitionsDiminished behavioral restraint
- inhibitory controlSuppressing prepotent responses
- COX inhibitorEnzyme-blocking pain reliever
- ACE inhibitorDrug relaxing blood vessels
uninhibited, inhibited, inhibition, inhibiting, inhibits, inhibitor, inhibitions, inhibitory, uninhibitedly