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- [ri-prest]
- /rɪˈprɛst/
- /rɪˈprest/
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- [ri-prest]
- /rɪˈprɛst/
Definitions of repressed word
- adjective repressed subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts. 1
- verb with object repressed to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.). 1
- verb with object repressed to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable). 1
- verb with object repressed to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.). 1
- verb with object repressed to reduce (persons) to subjection. 1
- verb with object repressed Psychoanalysis. to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind. 1
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Origin of repressed
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; repress + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Repressed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
repressed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
repressed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for repressed
adj repressed
- at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
- composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.
- disimpassioned — calm; dispassionate.
- forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- have one's act together — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
verb repressed
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- dammed — a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
adjective repressed
- curbed — Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
Antonyms for repressed
verb repressed
- actuated — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
- catalyzed — to act upon by catalysis.
- caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- coerced — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
Top questions with repressed
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