constrained

constrained
    adj 1: lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile";
           "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" [syn:
           {constrained}, {forced}, {strained}]
    

Constrain \Con*strain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constrained}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Constraining}.] [OF. constraindre, F.
   contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight.
   See {Strain}, and. cf. {Constrict}, {Constringe}.]
   1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold
      tightly; to constringe.
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            He binds in chains
            The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
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            How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
                                                  --Gay.
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   3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
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            My sire in caves constrains the winds. --Dryden.
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   4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
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            The love of Christ constraineth us.   --2. Cor. v.
                                                  14.
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            I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts
                                                  xxviii. 19.
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   5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural
      effect; as, a constrained voice.

   Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.
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Constrained \Con*strained"\, a.
   Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed;
   as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
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70 Moby Thesaurus words for "constrained":
      Olympian, aloof, arrested, backward, bashful, blank, bridled,
      chastened, chilled, chilly, cold, controlled, cool, curbed,
      detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid,
      frosty, guarded, hushed, icy, impassive, impersonal, in check,
      in control, in hand, in leading strings, in remission,
      inaccessible, incommunicable, inhibited, introverted, limited,
      modest, noncommittal, offish, on leash, pent-up, quelled, quiet,
      remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retarded,
      reticent, retiring, shrinking, slowed down, softened, stable,
      standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, tempered, unaffable,
      unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, under control,
      under discipline, under restraint, unexpansive, ungenial,
      withdrawn