Repressed

/ɹɪˈpɹɛst/

Synonyms for "repressed" (95 found)

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries
behavioral traitcoercioncontroldefense mechanismemotional expressionemotional statemental attributemental processpsychological staterestraintsocial behavior

More specific

17 entries
arrestbanburycensorcheckcurbdisperseforgetignorequellrepressed desirerepressed emotionrepressed gesturerepressed laughterrepressed memoryrepressed smile

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Collocations

10 entries
mechanisms of repressionrepressed angerrepressed desirerepressed emotionrepressed laughterrepressed memoryrepression of dissentrepression of emotionsrepression of memoriesstate repression

Inflections

4 entries
more repressedmost repressedrepressesrepressing

Derivations

5 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism.

Source: tatoeba (413866)

The speaker believes that overt expression of feeling for others helps people tap into their own repressed emotions.

Source: tatoeba (1114757)

You're sexually repressed.

Source: tatoeba (1848847)

He's sexually repressed.

Source: tatoeba (1848849)

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