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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky