repressed
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adjective \ri-ˈprest\Definition of REPRESSED
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
2
: characterized by restraint
Examples of REPRESSED
- <a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect>
First Known Use of REPRESSED
1665
Related to REPRESSED
- Synonyms
- conservative, low-key (also low-keyed), muted, quiet, restrained, sober, subdued, toned-down, understated, unflashy, unpretentious
- Antonyms
- flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank (or swanky)
Other Psychology Terms
Rhymes with REPRESSED
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
re·pressed
adjective \ri-ˈprest\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of REPRESSED
: subjected to or marked by repression <a repressed child> <repressed anger>
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