repress

Definition of repress in English English dictionary: To prevent forcefully an upheaval from developing further
to repress the first risings of discontent.; Hence, to check; to keep back; The act of repressing; To press again; to keep under restraint or control; If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration; {n} the act of crushing; {v} to crush, subdue, curb, restrain; {f} suppress, restrain, control; subdue, quell, quash; put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"; conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"; put out of one's consciousness; To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent; disapproval If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them. a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people; If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control. repressed aggression. = suppress; Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back; To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent
repressed: Showing the suppression of emotions or impulses
repressed: Simple past tense and past participle of repress
repressible: Capable of being repressed, of being controlled, of being suppressed or limited
repressive: Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.
repressible: able to be kept under restraint or control
repressive: {a} able or tending to repress
repressed: characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"
repressed: Pressed again
repressed: Subjected to repression
repressed: A repressed person is someone who does not allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires, especially sexual ones. Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed and inhibited
repressed: past of repress
repressed: {s} suppressed, restrained, controlled; subdued, quelled, quashed
represser: One who, or that which, represses
represses: third person singular of repress
repressible: {s} suppressible, can be controlled; subduable, can be quelled
repressible: Capable of being repressed
repressing: present participle of repress
repressive: disapproval A repressive government is one that restricts people's freedom and controls them by using force. The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive. + repressively re·pres·sive·ly the country, which had been repressively ruled for ten years
repressive: {s} suppressive, serving to control; subduing, serving to quell
repressive: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
repressive: Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures
repressively: through suppression; by subdual, by quashing

repress

Hyphenation

re·press

Turkish pronunciation

ripres

Synonyms

crush out, quell, subdue, suppress, restrain, hold back, black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool, cork

Antonyms

allow, let go, permit

Pronunciation

/rēˈpres/ /riːˈprɛs/

Etymology

[ ri-'pres ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, from re- + premere to press; more at PRESS.