| 单词 | repressed |
| 释义 | repressed (once / 1648 pages) adj If something is repressed, it's restrained or held in. You may be full of repressed anger toward your brother over that terrifying incident from 4 years ago involving the frog and your hooded sweatshirt. The adjective repressed often describes emotions or desires, especially those that could be considered shameful or distressing. When an emotion is repressed, you hold it inside so you don’t have to show how you feel. Sometimes you aren’t consciously aware that you're doing it. You might not even realize that you have a repressed longing for that cute guy in math class. A person who has many of these pent-up feeling is said to be repressed. WORD FAMILYrepressed: repressedly, unrepressed+/repress: repressed, represser, represses, repressing, repression, repressive/represser: repressers/repressing: repressingly/repression: repressions/repressive: repressively USAGE EXAMPLESTwenty-six years later, “Freedom! 90” is still an essential rallying cry for just about repressed group seeking comfort, strength, inspiration, and resolve. Time(Dec 26, 2016) The underpinnings are invisible to outsiders, who aren’t privy to the jealousy and passion and dependency and repressed desire that often hold sway. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Over the centuries, central Asian societies were traditionally Islamic, though religion was repressed in the Soviet period. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) adj characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions repressed rage turned his face scarlet Syn pent-up inhibited held back or restrained or prevented |
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