repressed

Speech parts

1. repressed - Adjective

2. repressed - Verb

3. repressed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

square prude reduce composed controlled underlying hidden reserved quiet unconscious crushed suppress checked constrained frustrated
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Antonyms

supported advanced approved abroad aired favored
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Phrases with the word

repressed expression less repressed repressed society

Anagrams

derepress

Examples

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world. Karl Kraus

The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred poisoning all love and generosity, permeates our sexuality. What we love we destroy. Germaine Greer

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. Jane Austen

America does not seek good for Islam, for the Muslims, and for the repressed. Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed. John Steinbeck

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words. Joyce Brothers

Close letter words and terms

representment representor repress repressed expression repressed society repressedly