Definitions For Inhibition

noun

  • The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
  • (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
  • The quality of being inhibited
  • (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
  • A nervous feeling that prevents you from expressing your thoughts, emotions, or desires
  • The act of preventing or slowing the activity or occurrence of something

Is Inhibition a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Inhibition is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Inhibition in a Sentence

  • She laughed loudly and without inhibition.
  • An innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling

Synonyms for Inhibition

Antonyms for Inhibition

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