ADJECTIVE
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characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
her severe upbringing had left her inhibited
their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions
repressed rage turned his face scarlet
a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease
How To Use pent-up In A Sentence
- Many of the short movements sound like the phantasmagorical release of long pent-up frustrations, regrets and even anger. Times, Sunday Times
- Wave after wave of pent-up emotion poured out.
- Seventy years of empty store shelves have created great pent-up demand for consumer goods, including electronics.
- He saw a patch of purple silk between her legs and found a target for his pent-up rage. KISS AN ANGEL
- But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness.
- She was too pent-up to speak.
- For the fans, this dance provides catharsis and releases pent-up energy.
- Such a mix is not exactly a ready-made means for triumph, but Mr. Hegarty wields it with disquieting power and grace, whether whispering through spells of ethereality or growling with an energy that is at once pent-up and unencumbered. Brazen Beats and Metal Mayhem
- Our teacher then taught us several breathing techniques which were promised to result in a calm expulsion of toxins, the release of pent-up emotions and a sizzling spurt of energy.
- their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions
