imprisoned
- adjective
- /ɪmˈprɪzənd/
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prisionero
- Their father, Enrique, was imprisoned and family property was confiscated.
Because we just can't live in a world where these thoughts remain imprisoned inside of us.
- Because we just can't live in a world where these thoughts remain imprisoned inside of us.
- It's always been exciting when people are not kind of imprisoned and limited by a box.
- We are souls imprisoned in flesh.
- Because really what Musashi is saying here is the more we desire, the more imprisoned we are, the more attached we become.
- It feels like menace and that can keep us feeling that they are imprisoning us and imprisoned in our heads.
- I guess that's just symbolic of feeling, you know, ignored and and and imprisoned.
Examples
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No free man can be imprisoned without being charged, Agreed.
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And now that he was imprisoned, Charles had all the cards in his hands.
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The wizard is now imprisoned under the earth and will die down there.
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Countless others will remain unheard, imprisoned by men like Fred Waterford.
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The journalist was imprisoned for speaking out against the government.
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After the coup, many political leaders were imprisoned without a trial.
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The dolphin was imprisoned in a small tank at the aquarium.
Synonyms
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4.2
Kept as a prisoner and not free
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6.3
A person who has metal bands on the hands or feet so they cannot move
A person who is kept in prison by the law
Kept in one small space and unable to leave
Held by chains around the ankles so the person cannot move freely
Held with chains or by rules that stop you from acting
Unable to escape from a dangerous place or situation, for example when surrounded by attackers
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imprisoned comes from the parts in- 'in' and prison 'a place that holds people'. So to be imprisoned is to be kept inside a place or situation and to have your freedom taken away.