Both Uses of
inhibit
in
A Walk Across America
- Here in the simple forest, feelings of uninhibited freedom sprang from my soul like mountain spring water.†
Chpt 21 *uninhibited = acting naturally without being overly self-consciousstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uninhibited means not and reverses the meaning of inhibited. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Even this didn't dampen our uninhibited joy.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(inhibit as in: inhibited the growth of...) to limit the activity of someone or something
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(2)
(inhibited as in: she is shy and inhibited) unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious