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Definitions for Repressed
[1] subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
[2] to press again or anew.
[3] to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
[4] to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
[5] to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
[6] to reduce (persons) to subjection.
[7] Psychoanalysis . to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
[8] to initiate or undergo repression.
[9] (of a person) repressing feelings, instincts, desires, etc
[10] to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain to repress a desire
[11] to put into a state of subjugation to repress a people
[12] psychoanal to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
Words related to Repressed
inhibit, subdue, suppress, crush, quell, quash, restrain, muffle, squelch, subjugate, stifle, control, hinder, kill, compose, chasten, lock, smother, shush, cork
Words nearby Repressed
representational, representationalism, representative, representatives, repress, repressed, represser, repressible enzyme, repression, repressive, repressor
Origin of Repressed
1325–75; Middle English repressen < Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere ), equivalent to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
Words that may be confused with Repressed
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, repressoppress, repress
Other words from Repressed
non·re·pressed , adjective
un·re·pressed , adjective
re·press·i·ble , adjective
non·re·press·i·ble , adjective
non·re·press·i·ble·ness , noun
non·re·press·i·bly , adverb
o·ver·re·press , verb (used with object)
un·re·press·i·ble , adjective
Word origin for Repressed
C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press 1
Synonyms for Repressed
crush, inhibit, muffle, quash, quell, restrain, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool, cork, curb, hinder, kill, lock, master, overcome, overpower, rein, shush, silence, smother, swallow, black out, gridlock, hold back, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, simmer down, throw cold water on, tie up