Synonyms for constrained
kənˈstreɪndcon·strained

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1. constrained, forced, strainedadjective

   lacking spontaneity; not natural

   "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"

   Synonyms:
   labored, forced, agonistic, strained, laboured

   Antonyms:
   unaffected

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1. constrainedadjective

   Synonyms:
   involuntary, forced, unnatural, embarrassed

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1. List of paraphrases for "constrained":

   limited, restricted, hampered, hindered, impeded, braked, forced, confined, embarrassed, compelled

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1. Jim Martin:

   During our investigation, we tried very hard not to use the grand jury whenever possible, so that we weren't constrained by the rules and laws that apply to grand jury secrecy.

2. Gage Averill:

   It was constrained businessmen who were yearning for something lighthearted and convivial, they would sing these songs associated with their childhood. There was a widespread sense, you could find this now as well, that the nation was in decline, that life was not as simple as it had been in the 1890s, 1910s.

3. Chaloka Beyani:

   Access to resources, constrained by climatic factors, breeds conflict.

4. Sarah Glendon:

   They are aware they have to be generous, they have a constrained liquidity position.

5. Cormac McCarthy:

   The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.