say it: in-HIB-uh-taw-ree
inhibitory is an adjective meaning "restrictive of action". It carries one recorded sense.
restrictive of action
“a repressive regime”
“an overly strict and inhibitory discipline”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for inhibitory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.