uninhibited

Examples

• All

• Students milling about school grounds and in hallways appeared huge and uninhibited.

  Academic text (1991)

• She certainly sounds uninhibited.

  Youth in Revolt (2009)

• I mean, I love my wife, but I want to feel like I could be free and uninhibited with her, you know?

  Trois (2000)

• With you I felt uninhibited.

  To Rome with Love (2012)

• The whole point of this acting exercise is uninhibited body motion, uninhibited speech, sound.

  Nothing in Common (1986)

• So I'm very uninhibited when I get to dancing and saying even if I look ridiculous.

  Variety

• Here is a picture of Charles, who is uninhibited about posing for pictures like this one.

  Blog text (21)

• Home, he painted boldly, uninhibited by his lack of skill.

  Fiction book (1996)

• So I think that being uninhibited, not holding back, having a yes mentality has tended to, to make me attractive to to women.

• The true, uninhibited, uncensored expression of the self.

  Kill Your Darlings (2013)

Synonyms

U

unfettered

vsuninhibited

30 7.3

Free from limits or rules

focuses on open expression rather than general absence of limits

U

unbridled

vsuninhibited

27 7.3

Very strong feelings or actions that are not kept under control

means open expression but not necessarily extreme or excessive

U

unrestrained

vsuninhibited

13 5.7

Not held back and showing strong feelings or actions

emphasizes absence of self-awareness rather than mere lack of control

U

unabashed

vsuninhibited

12 7.0

Not embarrassed about what you say or do

involves open expression but focuses on absence of shame rather than lack of self-awareness

U

unashamed

vsuninhibited

5 4.6

Not sorry or embarrassed about what you do

means open expression but stresses lack of shame, not simply lack of self-consciousness

U

untrammeled

vsuninhibited

• Formal

2 8.3

Free and not limited by rules

is about emotional openness rather than broad, formal absence of restriction

U

unselfconscious

vsuninhibited

1 7.0

Not worried about how you look and acting naturally with other people

focuses on expressing feelings freely rather than only lacking self-awareness

U

uncaged

vsuninhibited

1 4.1

Free to express strong feelings and ideas

is open without implying wildness or violent excess

U

unbuttoned

vsuninhibited

1 6.3

A way of behaving that is relaxed and open

is about open expression without self-consciousness but more neutral in tone

U

unrepressed

vsuninhibited

1 7.5

People show strong feelings openly without control

highlights open expression rather than merely absence of suppression

U

unlaced

vsuninhibited

• Informal

7.3

A person who speaks and acts in an open, informal way that ignores social rules

does not require frankness or informality, focusing on free, open expression

U

unhemmed

vsuninhibited

6.8

Free and not limited by rules or control

refers to personal open expression rather than broad figurative freedom

Antonyms

S

self-conscious

62 4.6

Feeling nervous because you think others are watching or judging you

R

restrained

26 5.3

Calm and controlled, not strong or showy

I

inhibited

12 6.0

Unable to act naturally because you feel shy or embarrassed

How Inhibited

self-conscious

62 4.6

shy

414 1.0

reserved

29 3.7

outgoing

40 3.0

uninhibited

14 6.9

unrestrained

13 5.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology