constrained, forced, strained
(adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural; āa constrained smileā; āforced heartinessā; āa strained smileā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
constrained
simple past tense and past participle of constrain
constrained (comparative more constrained, superlative most constrained)
Kept within close bounds; confined.
Forced; compelled.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*strained", a.
Definition: Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
Con*strain", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constrained; p.pr. & vb.n. Constraining.] Etym: [OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight. See Strain, and. cf. Constrict, Conbstringere.]
1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden. When winter frosts constrain the fields with old. Dryden.
2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.
3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden.
4. To compel; to force; to necessiate; to oblige. The love of Christ constraineth us. 2. Cor. v. 14. I was constrained to appeal unto CActs xxviii. 19.
5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; as, a constrained voice.
Syn.
– To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; āThe speaker temporized in order to delay the voteā
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
