English-Thai Dictionary

constrained

ADJ ที่ บังคับ  compelled forced ti-bang-kad

 

constrained

ADJ ที่ เค้น ออกมา  ที่ ไม่ เป็นธรรมชาติ  ti-khen-ook-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTRAINED

pp. Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; imprisoned; necessitated.

 

CONSTRAINEDLY

adv. By constraint; by compulsion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSTRAINED

CONSTRAINED Con *strained ", a.

 

Defn: Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

 

CONSTRAINEDLY

CONSTRAINEDLY Con *strain "ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

constrained

constrained adjective she was uncharacteristically constrained whenever her in-laws were visiting: unnatural, awkward, self-conscious, forced, stilted, strained; restrained, reserved, reticent, guarded. ANTONYMS relaxed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

constrained

constrained adjective he was acting in an oddly constrained manner: unnatural, awkward, self-conscious, mannered, artificial, wooden, stilted, strained, forced, contrived, laboured; inhibited, repressed, uneasy, embarrassed, tongue-tied; restrained, reserved, reticent, guarded, distant, aloof, cold, cool, stand-offish. ANTONYMS relaxed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

constrained

con str á ined 形容詞 1 〈人 物などが 〉 «…するように » 強いられた «to do » .2 〈笑い 態度などが 〉不自然な, ぎこちない, 抑制された .

 

constrainedly

con str á in ed ly /-nɪd -/副詞 強制されて, やむを得ず ; 不自然に .