inhibits
Puts brakes on
Inhibits means holds back, restrains, or prevents.
A drug may inhibit the growth of bacteria.
Shyness inhibits some people from speaking up.
The presence of a police officer inhibited their conversation.
In biology and chemistry, inhibit often describes blocking a specific process or reaction: The compound inhibits enzyme activity.
Raised road margin
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- constrainTo limit or restrict
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
hinder · impede · restrict · block · obstruct · stifle · thwart · curtail
Suppress or nullify
mute · censor · stifle · dampen · extinguish · squelch · repress · muffle
Prevent through intimidation
- dissuadeConvince not to
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- dauntDiscourage through fear
demoralize · intimidate · put off · disincentivize · demotivate · dispirit · unnerve · cow
Uncomfortable awareness of oneself
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
- shynessTendency toward social timidity
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
timidity · reservation · hesitation · reluctance · insecurity · self-doubt · repression · hang-up
curb
Raised road margin
hamper · hinder · impede · restrict · block · obstruct · stifle · thwart · curtail · prevent
quash
Suppress or nullify
silence · mute · censor · stifle · dampen · extinguish · squelch · repress · muffle · deaden
deter
Prevent through intimidation
- dissuadeConvince not to
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- disheartenCause to lose hope
daunt · demoralize · intimidate · put off · disincentivize · demotivate · dispirit · unnerve · cow · overawe
self-consciousness
Uncomfortable awareness of oneself
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
- shynessTendency toward social timidity
embarrassment · timidity · reservation · hesitation · reluctance · insecurity · self-doubt · repression · hang-up · bashfulness
enzyme
Protein that hastens reactions
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
- neurotransmitterSynaptic chemical messenger
- antibodyProtein targeting foreign substances
antigen · hormone · protein · substrate · catalyst · metabolic · cellular · synaptic · serotonin · dopamine
- holds backrestrains, withholds, suppresses, represses, curbs
- repelsrepels, wards off, keeps away, fends off, drives away
inhibitsallows
Grants permission for
enables · permits · disinhibits · facilitates · encourages
- growth inhibitionBlocking normal development
- rust inhibitorSubstance preventing metal oxidation
- TNF inhibitorsDrugs blocking inflammatory protein
- inhibitory controlSuppressing prepotent responses
- COX inhibitorEnzyme-blocking pain reliever
- aromatase inhibitorsEnzyme-blocking hormonal medications
inhibit, uninhibited, inhibited, inhibition, inhibiting, inhibitor, inhibitory, inhibitors, uninhibitedly