... The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32. I was constrained to appeal to Caesar. Acts 28. For the love of ... used.] 8. To produce in opposition to nature; as a constrained voice; constrained notes. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: hold back ... force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner < a constrained smile > 5. to hold back by or as if by ... action, behaviour, etc. 3 bring about by compulsion. 4 (as constrained adj.) forced, embarrassed (a constrained voice; a constrained manner). Derivatives: constrainedly adv. Etymology: ME ...
... cause, stiff to defend their hospitable laws. 6. Harsh; formal; constrained; not natural and easy; as a stiff formal style. 7. Formal in manner; constrained; affected; starched; not easy or natural; as stiff behavior. The ... a stiff penalty). 5 (of a person or manner) formal, constrained; lacking spontaneity. 6 (of a muscle or limb etc., or ... their hospitable laws. --Dryden. 5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French ... Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (stiffer, stiffest) 1 ... stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising, inexorable. 5. Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram. ...
... 3.0 (2005) n 1: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint] 2 ... own feelings, behavior, or actions b. a sense of being constrained ; embarrassment U.S. Military Dictionary In the context of joint ... n. 1 the act or result of constraining or being constrained; restriction of liberty. 2 something that constrains; a limitation on ... 3 the restraint of natural feelings or their expression; a constrained manner. Etymology: ME f. OF constreinte, fem. past part. (as ... constrainte.] The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint ...
... life to come. 4. Constraining; cramping; as uneasy rules. 5. Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as an uneasy deportment. 6 ... anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet] 4: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease ... a life to come. --Pope. 3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment. 4. Occasioning ... 1. Restless, restive, unquiet, disturbed, impatient, ill at ease. 2. Constrained, stiff, awkward, ungraceful, ungainly. 3. Disagreeable, unpleasing, constraining, cramping, uncomfortable ...
... volume. 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he ... people can do. Changes in temperature occur slowly and are constrained within relatively tight bounds. ...a forceful personality willing to go ... condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confines, congested, conjoined, conjugate, connected, constipated, constrained, contain, contracted, contrecoup, coop, coop in, coop up, cooped, copulate ...
... 1913 Dictionary Constrain Con*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L ... of Christ constraineth us. --2. Cor. v. 14. I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts xxviii. 19. 5 ... a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice. Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.
... 1828 Dictionary UNFORCED, a. 1. Not forced; not compelled; not constrained. 2. Not urged or impelled. 3. Not feigned; not heightened ... not produced by effort; easy, natural. 2 not compelled or constrained. Derivatives: unforcedly adv. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a ...
... altogether fair and lovely…” — Amy Kelly > b. being obliged or constrained ; compelled < Great Britain was fain to devote its whole energy ... together with his business. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. --Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at ...
... have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. 2. Stiff; constrained. Hence, 3. Rigid in opinion; strict. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or ...