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shut in
adjective as in confined
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verb as in besiege
verb as in bottle up
verb as in cage
verb as in coop
verb as in corral
verb as in enclose
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verb as in enslave
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verb as in envelop
verb as in hem/hem in
verb as in impound
verb as in imprison
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verb as in mew
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verb as in restrict
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verb as in surround
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noun as in invalid
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noun as in patient
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Example Sentences
Take Hulga, the one-legged shut-in in “Good Country People.”
She may have thought teaching her shut-in son to shoot was therapeutic.
The wool slippers in her work-basket she had finished to-day for a Shut-In birthday gift next month.
The thoughts awakened by the sight of the shut-in girls were not happy ones.
Mrs. Wood was diving into a partly shut-in place, where it was not so light, and where the nests were.
They filled the shut-in room with their vile humming; they swarmed everywhere in the half light.
This may sound very foolish, as I know that writers have many letters from the public, but we shut-in people have moods.
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shut-in, such as: consumptive, convalescent, incurable, patient, and sufferer.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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