pent up

THESAURUS

pent up

arrested, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, bridled, cabined, caged, cloistered, closed-in, confined, constrained, controlled, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, curbed, detained, enclosed, fenced, guarded, hedged, hemmed, immured, impounded, imprisoned, in check, in confinement, in leading strings, in remission, incarcerated, inhibited, jailed, kept in, leaguered, mewed, on leash, paled, penned, pent, quarantined, railed, restrained, restricted, retarded, shut-in, slowed down, under control, under discipline, under restraint, walled, walled-in

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pent up

Restraint

N restraint, hindrance, coercion, cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression, discipline, control, confinement, durance, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity, blockade, arrest, arrestation, custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency, curb, lettres de cachet, limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly, prohibition, prisoner, repressionist, restrained, constrained, imprisoned, pent up, jammed in, wedged in, under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches, in swaddling clothes, on parole, in custody, doing time, cohibitive, coactive, stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound, ice bound, wind bound, weather bound, cabined cribbed confined, in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.