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confined

  • /kənˈfaɪnd/

adjective more confined · most confined

  1. Not free to move. Mia was confined to her bedroom after suffering a broken leg.
  2. figuratively Limited; narrow; restricted.
  3. idiomatic In a childbed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of confine

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: enclosed, pent, homebound, captive, shut-in, housebound, fenced in, restrained, shut up, close, weather-bound, snowbound, stormbound, unfree, penned, claustrophobic

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adj not free to move

Françaisemprisonné, enfermé
Deutschbegrenzt, beengt
Русскийте́сный tésnyj, ограни́ченный ograníčennyj

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@misc{confined_2026,
  title = {confined},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confined},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}