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suppressed

sup·press
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-pres]
    • /səˈprɛs/
    • /səˈpres/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-pres]
    • /səˈprɛs/

Definitions of suppressed word

  • verb with object suppressed to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties. 1
  • verb with object suppressed to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.). 1
  • verb with object suppressed to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.). 1
  • verb with object suppressed to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.). 1
  • verb with object suppressed to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.). 1
  • verb with object suppressed to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush. 1

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Origin of suppressed

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English suppressen < Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Suppressed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

suppressed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

suppressed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for suppressed

adj suppressed

  • 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.
  • at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
  • beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
  • composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.

verb suppressed

  • concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
  • counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
  • dammed — a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
  • debriefed — Simple past tense and past participle of debrief.
  • disestablished — Simple past tense and past participle of disestablish.

adjective suppressed

  • curbed — Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
  • oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.

Antonyms for suppressed

adj suppressed

  • advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
  • at leisure — having free time for ease, relaxation, etc
  • at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
  • autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously

verb suppressed

  • aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • animadverted — Simple past tense and past participle of animadvert.
  • awakened — Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.
  • circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
  • circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.

adjective suppressed

  • announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
  • diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.

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