constrained

The definition of constrained is forced or obligated.

(adjective)

An example of someone constrained is a criminal in handcuffs.

Constrained is defined as to have held back.

(verb)

An example of have constrained is to have put a criminal in handcuffs.

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See constrained in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. compelled; forced; obliged
  2. forced and unnatural: a constrained laugh

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