Associations to the word «Constrained»

Wiktionary

CONSTRAINED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of constrain
CONSTRAINED, adjective. Kept within close bounds; confined.

Dictionary definition

CONSTRAINED, adjective. Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King