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inhibiting

inhibiting adjective: inhibitive. Also the present participle and gerund of inhibit.

Adjective

inhibiting (comparative more inhibiting, superlative most inhibiting)

  1. inhibitive

Also used as

inhibiting is also the present participle and gerund of inhibit.

Forms of inhibiting

comparativemore inhibiting
superlativemost inhibiting

Words formed from inhibiting

Phrases with inhibiting

Questions about inhibiting

What does inhibiting mean?
Inhibiting means inhibitive.
What part of speech is inhibiting?
Inhibiting is an adjective.

Words near inhibiting in the dictionary

  1. inhibitedly
  2. inhibitedness
  3. inhibiter
  4. inhibiters
  5. inhibitible
  6. inhibiting
  7. inhibiting hormone
  8. inhibiting hormones
  9. inhibitingly
  10. inhibition
  11. inhibitionless

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