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US
/ɹiˈpɹɛst/
]
[ UK /ɹɪpɹˈɛst/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪpɹˈɛst/ ]
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 repressed In A Sentence
- Its drama is anaemic, devoid of blood, fear and the electricity of repressed desire. Times, Sunday Times
- Consequently, when characters share on-screen space, it is almost claustrophobic because of the heavy presence of repressed longings and unspoken desires.
- From her earliest student shorts, repressed sexual desire has been a consistent undercurrent in the New Zealander's work.
- The English Renaissance, begun haltingly under Queen Elizabeth, reborn under Inigo Jones but repressed during the interregnum, now found its feet. British architecture: the baroque in Britain
- That's why you repressed your feelings. Times, Sunday Times
- He flew into hardly repressed passion, and wished himself clear of the whole household.
- I want to know the free-spirited wildness of my unrepressed desires realising themselves in festive play.
- He repressed a sudden desire to cry.
- For years he had successfully repressed the painful memories of childhood.
- Others use hypnosis to recover repressed memories of sexual abuse or of past lives.
