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1. Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
   "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"
   - pent-up

1. Put down by force or intimidation
   - quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
    
2. Conceal or hide
   - smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
    
3. Put out of one's consciousness
   - suppress
    
4. Block the action of

See also: inhibited, repression, repressive

Type of: bury, change, conquer, crush, curb, forget, inhibit, oppress, stamp down, subdue, suppress

Encyclopedia: Repressed