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   Re·pressed

   /rəˈprest/

   

   adjective

   • 1. restrained, inhibited, or oppressed: "repressed indigenous groups" Similar oppressedsubjugatedsubduedtyrannizedground downdowntroddenOpposite freedemocratic
   • ▪ (of a thought, feeling, or desire) kept suppressed and unconscious in one's mind: "repressed memories" Similar restrainedsuppressedheld backheld inkept in checkmuffledstifledsmotheredpent upbottled upconcealedhiddensubconsciousunconsciousunfulfilledlatentOpposite overtexpressed
   • ▪ characterized by the repression of thoughts or desires, especially sexual ones: "a very repressed, almost Victorian, household" Similar inhibitedfrustratedrestrainedself-restrainedwithdrawnintrovertedinformal:uptighthung upOpposite uninhibitedrelaxed

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