1
: subjected to or marked by repression
2
: characterized by restraint
Examples of repressed in a Sentence
a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Most recently, protests about Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died after being taken into police custody for not wearing a headscarf, were brutally repressed.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 June 2025
That same day, Venus will square Pluto retrograde in your 12th house of secrets and unconscious patterns, pulling on deep, repressed fears around your desire for affection, romance and recognition.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
You could be confronted with repressed thoughts or emotional wounds from the past.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 9 June 2025
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“Repressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repressed. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest 
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
2
: characterized by a keeping in check
Medical Definition
repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
repressed anger
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