suppress

sup·press

verb \sə-ˈpres\

Definition of SUPPRESS

transitive verb

1

: to put down by authority or force : subdue <suppress a riot>

2

: to keep from public knowledge: as a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of <suppress the test results>

3

a : to exclude from consciousness b : to keep from giving vent to : check <suppressed her anger>

4

obsolete : to press down

5

a : to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough> b : to inhibit the growth or development of

6

: to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress a mutation>

— sup·press·ibil·i·ty \-ˌpre-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— sup·press·ible \-ˈpre-sə-bəl\ adjective

— sup·pres·sive \-ˈpre-siv\ adjective

— sup·pres·sive·ness \-nəs\ noun

Examples of SUPPRESS

1. Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
2. The governor tried to suppress the news.
3. He struggled to suppress his feelings of jealousy.
4. She could not suppress her anger.
5. I had to suppress an urge to tell him what I really thought.

Origin of SUPPRESS

Middle English, from Latin suppressus, past participle of supprimere, from sub- + premere to press — more at press

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SUPPRESS

Synonyms: burke, cover (up), hush (up)

Antonyms: bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

Related Words: black out, censor, gag, muzzle, silence; quash, repress, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle

Near Antonyms: debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; blab, disclose, divulge, spill, tell, unveil; broadcast, circulate, publish, spread; describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

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Rhymes with SUPPRESS

abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress